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this hatch was happening last weekend on my home waters (willow river). i am new to fly fishing. please help me know if there is any fly to match this. below is a picture of it on the water and the other is one that i caught but one of the legs broke off.
thanks deon
my guess is that it is called a water strider.
http://www.cirrusimage.com/Bugs/water_strider_2.jpg
that would be it. are these normal i mean i have watched fish eat these. are these good waters that hold these or are they bad. also, are these normal to have.
I have never once seen a trout rise to a water strider. Not saying it doesn't happen...just that for me, in my area, it doesnt happen often enough for me to care. They're predatory insects...move really fast on surface tension...if you really want to imitate one, maybe a 2 or 3X long dry fly hook, peacock body, black foam thin strip back, 4 rubber legs or pheasant tail fibers. Twitch across slow pools. Good luck! :)
I haven't seen one get eaten either. I don't know why. Maybe they taste bad.
If I'm correct....on the Lower Mountain Fork River in Broken Bow Oklahoma, they this liddle fella "The Widow Maker"
They don't look appetizing to me at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jayatwork
Fish usually don't eat them, something in their makeup that the fish find very nasty. Not a bug worth imitating.
Kelly.