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At the bottom of the following site are maps and timing charts for the 15 broods of periodic cicadas. http://tinyurl.com/2tnmt I'm thinking of trying the following for my local smallies: hook: probably mustad sproat underbody: burnt orange chenille overbody: large black 'scrubber bug' body wings: super hair tied spent mike o in knoxville been reading this group for seven years now, thought i'd post for once -- ----------------------------------------------- Mike O'Neil Statistical Consulting Center 200 Stokely Management Center University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37916 865-974-8333 |
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Ssorry about that. Here's the long url: http://www.bioone.org/bioone/?reques...e=03&page=0386 or go to www.bioone.org and search for cicada in the title, it's the the Marshall article, second one in the list Scott Seidman wrote: Mike O'Neil wrote in : http://tinyurl.com/2tnmt bad link, Mike Scott -- ----------------------------------------------- Mike O'Neil Statistical Consulting Center 200 Stokely Management Center University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37916 865-974-8333 |
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Mike writes:
I'm thinking of trying the following for my local smallies: hook: probably mustad sproat underbody: burnt orange chenille overbody: large black 'scrubber bug' body wings: super hair tied spent Mike, while you are at it, tie this one and compare results: Hook - #8 or 10 2xl Body - Black yarn, tied very full Wing- Deer hair, natural, a bit more sparse than on a Muddler wing(you want the fly to hang, and then slowly sink) Head- loop dubbed black dyed woodchuck and rabbit mix, pick some long hairs out. Dub head over butts of hair wing. Lob this monstrosity near targeted fish, make sure it lands with a "plop". Allow to drift and slowly sink. Fish tend to nail it while it goes under. Tom |
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Tom Littleton wrote: Lob this monstrosity near targeted fish, make sure it lands with a "plop". Allow to drift and slowly sink. Fish tend to nail it while it goes under. Have you fished this "hatch" before? Do many of the Cicada's end up in the water? Do the fish get satiated? I would think that with the size of the bugs, if you hit it right you could get into big fish that you normally wouldn't even see. Willi |
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Have you fished this "hatch" before?
Fished annual cicadas in Nebraska. It was a good fallback pattern. Do many of the Cicada's end up in the water? Yes, and they flounder quickly. Do the fish get satiated? Not that I've seen, but that was small mouth. I would think that with the size of the bugs, if you hit it right you could get into big fish that you normally wouldn't even see. The folks that I've talked to said is was one of the most incredible fishing experiences of their lives. They talked about home streams full of 10-12" brownies that they caught all of the time. During the cicada hatch, these folks caught about 5lb monsters that no one knew were there. Huge white splotches on your windshield and some broken windshields on the interstate. Smallies hitting big fat black surface bugs for months after the hatch was done. I'm truly excited about it. Penns will be right at the start of the whole thing and right in the middle of Brood X. -- Frank Reid Reverse email to reply |
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Willi asks:
Have you fished this "hatch" before? yes, we have had a few years with significant cicadas. Do many of the Cicada's end up in the water? No, only a very small percentage Do the fish get satiated? Hardly, but they do figure out that one blundering cicada makes a large meal I would think that with the size of the bugs, if you hit it right you could get into big fish that you normally wouldn't even see. Sort of....when you have a heavy infestation, enough of them seem to find the water so that some fish seem to learn to keep an eye out for them. I find you can occaisionally bring up large trout and smallmouth with a large, ugly, rough imitation. It is a one-shot deal, worth at best a couple casts near the lie of a target fish. Some people seem to be expecting them to be a mainstay of late spring fishing, but they won't be.....merely a sideshow. Tom |
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