Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Fishing near Bethesda...

It's really difficult to know -- Beth and I have destroyed trout in the SNP (and in RMNP) on electric-bright yellow foam beetles that may have suggested that fish were keyed-in on the 17-year, electric banana asian beetle hatch occurring at the same time. 

In other news, I've also discovered that keeping dried apricots in your pantry is correlated with a decreased risk of lion attack.  

(kidding and healthy skepticism aside, I have no clue whether and to what extent fish may key on cicadas when they're present and apparently, falling into the water frequently enough to be food)

Gene 

On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 12:06:18 PM UTC-4, Bobby Davis wrote:

I caught a channel catfish on one last summer.  If I had come prepared and actually had cicada flies with me ( I stuck a real one on a hook and cast it with my fly rod), I could have caught carp, catfish, and bass in the reservoir I was fishing all day. 

On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 11:57:26 AM UTC-4, Yambag Nelson wrote:

Has anyone ever had great fishing on cicadas?  You always hear people talking about them like they are going to result in some incredible feeding frenzy, but in 24 years of fly fishing I don't think I have ever seen a fish eat one.

On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 11:00:37 AM UTC-4, Marek wrote:

They were pretty prevalent in my neighborhood in Potomac over the past week or so. Not crazy thick, but certainly noticeable – especially in the evenings.

 

From: tidal-potoma...@googlegroups.com [mailto:tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rob Snowhite
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The air was silent on Sunday out there. None spotted. 

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On May 23, 2017, at 10:40 AM, Misha Gill <mish...@gmail.com> wrote:

Rob are you seeing any cicadas around the tidal basin?

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