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QUOTE (Smuggler @ Apr 27 2005, 03:00 PM)
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Hope you have't gone fishing? you have a job to do here hysterical.gif

Smuggler-

 

Not yet, but real soon. Really itching to try out the electric motor and the fishfinder recently installed on my pontoon boat, not to even mention fishing. Have I not been doing something lately that you had come to expect?

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I would have to say the light cahill hatch just before sunset in southwestern Arkansas.

 

Haven't really seen much hatches here in Texas since I haven't really fished here since I moved in 2003. But the spring/summer 2 legged female jogger hatch is in full swing here in College Station also.... yahoo.gif

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QUOTE (chucky @ Apr 28 2005, 10:11 PM)
I would have to say the light cahill hatch just before sunset in southwestern Arkansas.

Haven't really seen much hatches here in Texas since I haven't really fished here since I moved in 2003.  But the spring/summer 2 legged female jogger hatch is in full swing here in College Station also.... yahoo.gif

Okay chucky, I've got you for Mayfly hatches in Arkansas. I can certainly appreciate you enthusiasm for the two-legged hatches in College Station, but just can't count them.

 

That puts us at:

 

20 for Mayfly hatches

16 for Caddisfly hatches

4 for Terrestrial hatches (2 Beetles, 1 Hopper, 1 unspecified, 2 Ant, 1 Wasp)

5 for Stonefly hatches

3 for True Fly hatches (2 Chironomid, 1 Cranefly)

1 for Scud hatches (not really a hatch, but who cares)

 

So far we've heard from at least one flyfisher in each of the following locations:

 

Alaska (Kodiak Commando)

Arkansas (JarrodRuggles, chucky)

Australia (Smuggler, swaddo)

British Columbia (tattooedtrout, Roggys_Doggy, FloydianSlip, B.C.TroutHunter)

Bulgaria (Radoslav Kiskinov)

Finland (TKontio)

Kentucky (getholdofjoru, Rob Knisely)

Michigan (steeldrifter, Airhead, trout traveler, hexfli. Michigan Trout Guy)

Minnesota (JasonN)

New York (Shaq)

Nova Scotia (Daryn Smith, Bras D'or Creeper)

Ohio (fishintalk)

Ontario (tightlines, vices, Mr. Trout, artimis)

Oregon (Smokeytrout)

Pennsylvania (jmmccutc, mcfly, pennscreekrules, luvinbluegills, Conehead, bly65, nedbm3, atroutbum2)

Tennessee (appalachian angler)

Utah (nightfish, Jason)

Washington (Taxon)

Wisconsin (TOMMY TROUT)

--------------- ----------------

19 locations 41 flyfishers

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Nope just pulling your leg. Doing a great job.

 

Your season starts and ours comes to a close, I'm just not looking forward to cold, windy lake fishing. Freezing my fingers off. crying.gif

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QUOTE (Smuggler @ May 2 2005, 03:28 AM)
Nope just pulling your leg. Doing a great job.

Your season starts and ours comes to a close, I'm just not looking forward to cold, windy lake fishing. Freezing my fingers off. crying.gif

Smuggler-

 

Know what you mean about cold windy lake fishing. Have you downloaded Hatches Magazine yet?

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QUOTE (shenandoahangler @ May 5 2005, 09:34 PM)
Here in Virginia a caddis hatch is hard to beat. thumbsup.gif

Great, a new location. Well shenandoahangler from Virginia, I got you for Caddisfly hatches.

 

That puts us at:

 

20 for Mayfly hatches

17 for Caddisfly hatches

4 for Terrestrial hatches (2 Beetles, 1 Hopper, 1 unspecified, 2 Ant, 1 Wasp)

5 for Stonefly hatches

3 for True Fly hatches (2 Chironomid, 1 Cranefly)

1 for Scud hatches (not really a hatch, but who cares)

 

So far we've heard from at least one flyfisher in each of the following locations:

 

Alaska (Kodiak Commando)

Arkansas (JarrodRuggles, chucky)

Australia (Smuggler, swaddo)

British Columbia (tattooedtrout, Roggys_Doggy, FloydianSlip, B.C.TroutHunter)

Bulgaria (Radoslav Kiskinov)

Finland (TKontio)

Kentucky (getholdofjoru, Rob Knisely)

Michigan (steeldrifter, Airhead, trout traveler, hexfli. Michigan Trout Guy)

Minnesota (JasonN)

New York (Shaq)

Nova Scotia (Daryn Smith, Bras D'or Creeper)

Ohio (fishintalk)

Ontario (tightlines, vices, Mr. Trout, artimis)

Oregon (Smokeytrout)

Pennsylvania (jmmccutc, mcfly, pennscreekrules, luvinbluegills, Conehead, bly65, nedbm3, atroutbum2)

Tennessee (appalachian angler)

Utah (nightfish, Jason)

Virginia (shenandoahangler)

Washington (Taxon)

Wisconsin (TOMMY TROUT)

--------------- ----------------

20 locations 42 flyfishers

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I don't know if this topic still is active, but here it goes.

 

My favorite hatches here in Sweden has to be the Ephemera hatches, The Danica för the streams and the Vulgata for the lakes. There is no other hatch in sweden that let you get in contact with the REALLY big browns with dry flies than these hatches. They normaly appear in may-june. But since the environment in sweden differ so much from south (spring in late april) to the north (spring in late june) the hatch is long if you fish your way from the south and upwards biggrin.gif

 

Here's how they look in sweden:

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On normal conditions when the Ephemera doesn't hatch I would say that caddis hatches is the most common, and works throughout the whole seasson. For streams you can also have really good fishing when the Heptagenia hatches during the summer.

 

/Ulf

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Ulf-

 

Delighted to hear from you. The topic had been dormant for some months, but no longer is. Here in N. America, we have Ephemera blanda (no common name), E. guttulata (Eastern Green Drake). E. simulans (Brown Drake), E. traverse (no common name). and E. varia (Yellow Drake).

 

That puts us at:

 

21 for Mayfly hatches

18 for Caddisfly hatches

4 for Terrestrial hatches (2 Beetles, 1 Hopper, 1 unspecified, 2 Ant, 1 Wasp)

5 for Stonefly hatches

3 for True Fly hatches (2 Chironomid, 1 Cranefly)

1 for Scud hatches (not really a hatch, but who cares)

 

So far we've heard from at least one flyfisher in each of the following locations:

 

Alaska (Kodiak Commando)

Arkansas (JarrodRuggles, chucky)

Australia (Smuggler, swaddo)

British Columbia (tattooedtrout, Roggys_Doggy, FloydianSlip, B.C.TroutHunter)

Bulgaria (Radoslav Kiskinov)

Finland (TKontio)

Kentucky (getholdofjoru, Rob Knisely)

Michigan (steeldrifter, Airhead, trout traveler, hexfli. Michigan Trout Guy)

Minnesota (JasonN)

New York (Shaq)

Nova Scotia (Daryn Smith, Bras D'or Creeper)

Ohio (fishintalk)

Ontario (tightlines, vices, Mr. Trout, artimis)

Oregon (Smokeytrout)

Pennsylvania (jmmccutc, mcfly, pennscreekrules, luvinbluegills, Conehead, bly65, nedbm3, atroutbum2)

Sweden (uffepuffe)

Tennessee (appalachian angler)

Utah (nightfish, Jason)

Virginia (shenandoahangler)

Washington (Taxon)

Wisconsin (TOMMY TROUT)

--------------- ----------------

21 locations 43 flyfishers

 

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Having only the good fortune to fish the Deschutes in Oregon the past 25 years, at least away from salt water, I would have to cast a vote for the late May stonefly hatch there. Have fished the hatch perhaps 10 of the past 23 years. Going again this spring for a few days on our way to the FL Gulf Coast (grandkids!!, and great snook fishing from the beach!). Good Lord willin I'll get the last decade or two of my fly fishing travels on some of the rivers and hatches of America. Looking forward to it. Thanks for this thread!

 

Cheers,

Eusebius

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Hello Eusebius-

 

Wow, you must have dug awfully deep to find this thread. So, I guess I'd better keep up my end of the bargain.

 

That puts us at:

 

20 for Mayfly hatches

16 for Caddisfly hatches

4 for Terrestrial hatches (2 Beetles, 1 Hopper, 1 unspecified, 2 Ant, 1 Wasp)

6 for Stonefly hatches

3 for True Fly hatches (2 Chironomid, 1 Cranefly)

1 for Scud hatches (not really a hatch, but who cares)

 

So far we've heard from at least one flyfisher in each of the following locations:

 

Alaska (Kodiak Commando)

Arkansas (JarrodRuggles, chucky)

Australia (Smuggler, swaddo)

British Columbia (tattooedtrout, Roggys_Doggy, FloydianSlip, B.C.TroutHunter)

Bulgaria (Radoslav Kiskinov)

Finland (TKontio)

Kentucky (getholdofjoru, Rob Knisely)

Michigan (steeldrifter, Airhead, trout traveler, hexfli. Michigan Trout Guy)

Minnesota (JasonN)

New York (Shaq)

Nova Scotia (Daryn Smith, Bras D'or Creeper)

Ohio (fishintalk)

Ontario (tightlines, vices, Mr. Trout, artimis)

Oregon (Smokeytrout, Eusebius)

Pennsylvania (jmmccutc, mcfly, pennscreekrules, luvinbluegills, Conehead, bly65, nedbm3, atroutbum2)

Tennessee (appalachian angler)

Utah (nightfish, Jason)

Washington (Taxon)

Wisconsin (TOMMY TROUT)

--------------- ----------------

19 locations 44 flyfishers

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Lake

OMG traveling sedge hatch is like streamer fishing on a big river! They hit SO hard and fast, i have seen some crazy power come out of lake fish just for this.

River

Drake and caddis

 

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In the Fall of the year definitely the October Caddis hatch. It's also one of my favorite nymph's as it tends to do bahavior drift around mid day all through the summer months, and its a big yellow chunk of food.

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One of my favoites is the PMD hatch. Goes on all through summer in some part of the country, and is going on right now in many parts of the west. I am lucky enough to be staying on a river that is full of them now. I have always done well with size 16 Pheasant Tail nymphs early in the morning, and emergers and cripples during the late morning, and most of the afternoon. Late afternoon and evening I use a comparadun. I will be fishing this hatch for the next two weeks, and I have fished it in May in the East. Its a great hatch on the South Fork of the Snake starting in July, and I have fished it there in October.

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Man, no question for me, Caddis. I fish in MN and WI and come mid to late spring when the caddies flies get going you are bound to hit a day when you just get crushed, to robb a Drake quote, "nose breathing only". I tie special Caddis flies for this time of year with no wire, no dubbing, just tight tight hackle and some crispy elk hair, they dry off fast and are super disposable.

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