"snakefiddler" wrote

it was rather entertaining, with the mayflies dancing, diving, and rising,
being the most beautiful, and the most entertaining of the three insect
types. they looked like fairies dancing around in the air and on the
water.

well said, jen; but you might have been describing caddis instead of
mayflies. my experience has been that the latter just pop out of the water
and rise gracefully, on a rather static angle.

hatches are so rare for us that i usually stop fishing, find a comfortable
rock, and just watch for a while. the fish don't seem to become any more
active, anyway.

yfitp
wayno