Posted: Tue 05/15/07 2:36 pm Post subject: 17 year cicada's: A Flyfisherman's dream..?
This summer in the midwest is forcasted to be the return of the 17 year Cicada infestation. The old saying is "Match the Hatch" is there any hope of taking advantage of this phenomenon. I saw a youtube.com video of a guy tying a cicada fly for carp, and I was wondering if anyone knows of any good spots to fish these carp in the illinois area. Also, does anyone know any good carp patterns or Cicada patterns targetting anyfish. The one I saw and tied is just a big wooly bugger with heavy lead wrapped under the chenille and no tail. Does anyone have any other ideas... I'm going to mess around with it more, maybe adding some little legs. Any thoughts...?
Yea the fish signature was developed through pure boredom and yes i should probably get a life... I will definitely dig through my Fly Fishermans I have no idea what will happen but I have seen the monster carp in the harbors of Lake Michigan and If i can manage to hook up with some of those bears i will definitely give you a shout.
The cicadas started to hatch today.... this is the first time that i've seen the 17 year hatch... they are all over the place! walking to my buddy's house this morning i had to watch my step... im scared of what it will be like in the days to come.. im heading up to michigan this weekend to chase some fins there but when i come back i'm going to test out my cicada fly...I'll send some pics...
Regarding your glyph (for The FliesandFins FlyFisherman Formerly Known As Bonefisher = TFFFFFKAB), my feeling is that the parenthesis should be facing the other direction so that it represents a gill plate. Did you have something else in mind that it should represent?
my suggestion: >--^-(*> instead of >--^-)*>
(chasing a cicada with its mouth open >--^-(*< =o )
(chasing a dry fly with its mouth open >--^-(*< * )
(chasing a minnow with its mouth closed >--^(*> >-"o <"oh no!")
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