Swarm of cicadas takes aim at U.S.

Willi asks:
Anybody ever fish during a heavy Cicada hatch?

It's sort of a wierd thing, albeit I have only fished during two decent years
of cicadas..
They don't cover the water like an aquatic hatch, but they are clumsy fliers at
times and randomly blunder onto the water. When they do so they flat-out scare
smaller fish, but the big ones nail them like they do hoppers out west. Thus, a
large, dark ugly dry fly that lands with a "plop" tends to raise big fish. It
helps considerably to know the lies of said fish.
Tom
p.s. The actual pattern need not be fancy at all. Just have to make the body
about
an inch and a half long and fat. Deer hair works well for wings, but the
naturals can't float long or swim worth a damn.