flytire 0 Report post Posted June 27, 2019 https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/27/us/mayflies-swarm-ohio-trnd/index.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fshng2 0 Report post Posted June 27, 2019 Time to wet a line. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Noahguide 0 Report post Posted June 27, 2019 Does that make them both "Hatch" backs? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted June 27, 2019 Hatchbacks, Hatchfronts and tops. Too funny. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishnPhil 0 Report post Posted June 27, 2019 Keep your mouth closed while fishing this hatch! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lesg 0 Report post Posted June 27, 2019 We get some good hex hatches here but nothing that can compare to that !! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted June 28, 2019 Does that make them both "Hatch" backs? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SilverCreek 0 Report post Posted June 28, 2019 https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/27/us/mayflies-swarm-ohio-trnd/index.html That's a Hexagenia hatch. We have them coming off of the Mississippi. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r1wxLKhE2o http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/07/24/mayfly_hatching_in_wisconsin_shows_up_on_weather_radar.html https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/local/2014/07/25/mayfly-swarms-captured-on-radar/13164725/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted June 28, 2019 Yep that's the same here in Michigan Silvercreek. Hex hatch is so big and dense it shows up on radar. In St Clair Shores along Lake St Clair here they actually use snowplows to get them off the streets because cars slide on them like ice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted June 28, 2019 At least they're harmless mayflies ... and not these !! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lesg 0 Report post Posted June 28, 2019 Mike, are those things related to Ontario black flies? The teeth look about the same. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philly 0 Report post Posted June 29, 2019 I saw that on the news today. They had some close ups of the flies. They looked like Green Drakes to me as opposed to a Hex hatch. Lesg, I quit going to Northern Ontario in May because of the black flies. Switched to July where only had to deal with the mosquitoes and the deer flies. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted June 29, 2019 They may have been showing a different hatch where you are Philly, because the pics in this thread are for sure Hex. There's no mistaking a hex for any other mayfly. They are the largest mayfly out there and hatch in the highest numbers. When the hatch is on here it actually sounds like an electric motor coming up river because of the millions of wings flapping. Its nuts to experience a dense hex hatch like that. And Mike that's not a no-see-um...that's the friggin tick that bite me 2 weeks ago! lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted June 29, 2019 And Mike that's not a no-see-um...that's the friggin tick that bite me 2 weeks ago! lol From what I understand, they're closely related species. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crackaig 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2019 Yep that's the same here in Michigan Silvercreek. Hex hatch is so big and dense it shows up on radar. In St Clair Shores along Lake St Clair here they actually use snowplows to get them off the streets because cars slide on them like ice. Can’t be that bad if the cars are still running. We get the famous midge hatches so thick they clog up car engines. Every last one of them, it seems, has been kitted out by Hilti. Cheers, C, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites