mayflies,

"Wayne Harrison" wrote in message
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"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.

hi uncle wayno-

i posted (below) a web-site with a picture of the *entertainers* that i said
looked like fairies. see what ya think. let me know if you know of a good
web-site for images of caddis. i was looking for one earlier, but didn't
find much.

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

so are you saying that it probably wasn't a hatch- just a lot of flies comin
out all at once? - and have you ever seen or heard about hatches happening
in "multiples" like that?

that i usually stop fishing, find a comfortable
rock, and just watch for a while.

yeah, that did seem like the appropriate thing to do. i was just kind of
awestruck, as i have never seen anything like that before.

the fish don't seem to become any more
active, anyway.

i didn't see a difference, but like i said, all the activity was taking
place around where i was standing, and i wouldn't have expected the fish to
start jumping out of the water around my legs, although *that* would have
been cool.



yfitm-
jen

yfitp
wayno



http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...nid=DIEHsN3IRg
oJ:&tbnh=65&tbnw=117&start=18&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmayflies%2B%26hl%3Den%26lr%
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Ya need to come to Penns creek Snake next May when a hatch happens the fish
almost jump in your pocket multiple hatches are the norm there ................


Handyman Mike
Standing in a river waving a stick

"Mike" wrote in message
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Ya need to come to Penns creek Snake

where is this penns creek i keep reading about?


next May when a hatch happens the fish
almost jump in your pocket

fishes in my pockets...hmmmm-seems there's a song somewhere in there g


multiple hatches are the norm there ................

thanks for the confirmation-so, it wasn't my imagination or wishful
thinking. :-) it really was so much fun.

snake


Handyman Mike
Standing in a river waving a stick

hi jen,
Many times with overlapping hatches....you'll have mayflies, caddis,
and anything else.....which often is the little "dessert" that the
trout ARE feeding on, the bugs that you have to really get close
to(scoop up) to see/identify...thus imitate.
What really helps is to learn what specific hatches populate that
particular streambed..and at that time of the season... Also, the
particular rise-forms will often give a hint as to just what the fish
are feeding on. Splashy= high-riding caddis or mayfly
duns....sub-surface bulges/rings= emerging mayfly nymphs/spent mayfly
spinners/caddis pupae....(for example). Trout will always be looking
for food stuck in the surface film...so you don't always have to come
up with an exact imitation...getting a fly at the level where they're
feeding at will always get action, it may take time, but it will get
interest...

"Steve" wrote in message
om...
hi jen,
Many times with overlapping hatches....you'll have mayflies, caddis,
and anything else.....which often is the little "dessert" that the
trout ARE feeding on, the bugs that you have to really get close
to(scoop up) to see/identify...thus imitate.
What really helps is to learn what specific hatches populate that
particular streambed..and

sulfurs seem to be the type of hatch i see most frequently there- probably 3
out of five times i go out there, i'd say.



at that time of the season... Also, the
particular rise-forms will often give a hint as to just what the fish
are feeding on. Splashy= high-riding caddis or mayfly
duns....sub-surface bulges/rings= emerging mayfly nymphs/spent mayfly
spinners/caddis pupae....(for example).

excellent- i didn't know that.


Trout will always be looking
for food stuck in the surface film...so you don't always have to come
up with an exact imitation...getting a fly at the level where they're
feeding at will always get action, it may take time, but it will get
interest...

well, good to know i'm on the right track. one evening there was a sulfur
hatch, and i had earlier lost *my* sulfur, so i put an attracter on, and
tried to get it where the fish were. i figured that even if it didn't
"match" the hatch, one might gobble it up just for the simple reason that
they were in feeding mode. it got some attention, had a nice strike, but i
didn't set the hook in time. they still catch me of guard. seems they hit
my fly, and are off before i know they are there for me to set the hook.

thanks for the tips-
snakefiddler

"Steve" wrote in message
om...
hi jen,
Many times with overlapping hatches....you'll have mayflies, caddis,
and anything else.....which often is the little "dessert" that the
trout ARE feeding on, the bugs that you have to really get close
to(scoop up) to see/identify...thus imitate.
What really helps is to learn what specific hatches populate that
particular streambed..and

sulfurs seem to be the type of hatch i see most frequently there- probably 3
out of five times i go out there, i'd say.



at that time of the season... Also, the
particular rise-forms will often give a hint as to just what the fish
are feeding on. Splashy= high-riding caddis or mayfly
duns....sub-surface bulges/rings= emerging mayfly nymphs/spent mayfly
spinners/caddis pupae....(for example).

excellent- i didn't know that.


Trout will always be looking
for food stuck in the surface film...so you don't always have to come
up with an exact imitation...getting a fly at the level where they're
feeding at will always get action, it may take time, but it will get
interest...

well, good to know i'm on the right track. one evening there was a sulfur
hatch, and i had earlier lost *my* sulfur, so i put an attracter on, and
tried to get it where the fish were. i figured that even if it didn't
"match" the hatch, one might gobble it up just for the simple reason that
they were in feeding mode. it got some attention, had a nice strike, but i
didn't set the hook in time. they still catch me of guard. seems they hit
my fly, and are off before i know they are there for me to set the hook.

thanks for the tips-
snakefiddler

hi jen,
Many times with overlapping hatches....you'll have mayflies, caddis,
and anything else.....which often is the little "dessert" that the
trout ARE feeding on, the bugs that you have to really get close
to(scoop up) to see/identify...thus imitate.
What really helps is to learn what specific hatches populate that
particular streambed..and at that time of the season... Also, the
particular rise-forms will often give a hint as to just what the fish
are feeding on. Splashy= high-riding caddis or mayfly
duns....sub-surface bulges/rings= emerging mayfly nymphs/spent mayfly
spinners/caddis pupae....(for example). Trout will always be looking
for food stuck in the surface film...so you don't always have to come
up with an exact imitation...getting a fly at the level where they're
feeding at will always get action, it may take time, but it will get
interest...