CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHEN THE WILLOW FLIES HATCH ON GUNTERSVILLE?
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CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHEN THE WILLOW FLIES HATCH ON GUNTERSVILLE?
Would like to know myself
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I think its during June??
It will be once the water temp goes above 80°,closer to 85 . on average it usually is the last week of June to the first week of July. It can be lots earlier if the weather gets hot quicker than it should. Years ago the Browns creek causeway /bridge area would slime your windshield with them but they for some reason have all but left that area , with only a few seen under the bridge.
I can remember when that happened,it was some of the best fly rodding around.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snapperking
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late June for sure. 4th of July has always been peak hatch.....
Something hatched this week because I'm still digging bug wings out of my eyes from running back after dark the other night. Whatever they were, they were fat and juicy.
That them their Alabama skeeters on steroids they bad already this year!Quote:
Originally Posted by FurFlyin
They felt like they were about the size of dragonflies. We've had so much rain there'll be mosquitos out til Christmas.
Don't know why they call them Mayflies, I've never seen any till mid summer
same people probably named them that named June bugs since they don’t come out til julyQuote:
Originally Posted by footballcoach
I remember my dad telling me back int he day he and his friends would pile in a car, sit somebody on the hood holding a window screen in front of them, and drive down the road collecting willow/may flies. He said they'd fill up one of those old paper grocery sacks and head off to fish.
Seem some hatched out already today about 2 1/2 hrs south from here !
Water was 80.9 this afternoon out on the main river channel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snapperking