mystery bug frustration

Over the years I have encountered on stillwaters and slow moving sections
of rivers a type of bug that has been impossible to imitate. It is
typically 3 millimeters long and looks very much like a housefly without
any fuzz. It's not a mayfly and it's not a midge. It's got a thick
body, no tails and very clear wings. Last week I met up with these bugs
again in a tiny creek where several good sized fish were rising
aggressively. Anyone what they might be?

Mu

Sounds like you're describing blackflies.

Mike T

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Over the years I have encountered on stillwaters and slow moving sections
of rivers a type of bug that has been impossible to imitate. It is
typically 3 millimeters long and looks very much like a housefly without
any fuzz. It's not a mayfly and it's not a midge. It's got a thick
body, no tails and very clear wings. Last week I met up with these bugs
again in a tiny creek where several good sized fish were rising
aggressively. Anyone what they might be?

Mu

"Mu Young Lee" wrote in message
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Over the years I have encountered on stillwaters and slow moving sections
of rivers a type of bug that has been impossible to imitate. It is
typically 3 millimeters long and looks very much like a housefly without
any fuzz. It's not a mayfly and it's not a midge. It's got a thick
body, no tails and very clear wings. Last week I met up with these bugs
again in a tiny creek where several good sized fish were rising
aggressively. Anyone what they might be?

Mu

It sounds like you descibed a very small Circada, perhps ?


A quick Google search indicates they do come in 3 mm sizes.

On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, Skwala wrote:

It sounds like you descibed a very small Circada, perhps ?

There are cicadas that hatch from the water?

Mu

On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, MikeT wrote:

Sounds like you're describing blackflies.

But these bugs don;t bite.

Mu

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On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, Skwala wrote:

It sounds like you descibed a very small Circada, perhps ?

There are cicadas that hatch from the water?

Mu

Not that I know about, but they do hatch from bark the extends over the
water, or from close to the water and are blown in to it.

I've seen big cicadas (approx. 1 inch) cause trout rises in central Montana
streams and beaver ponds, when they hatched in pretty good numbers and were
blown into the water.

But come to think about it, I've only seen circadas in summer months (but
I've never seen a 3 mm one, either).

Skwala

On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 13:30:40 -0400, Mu Young Lee wrote:

On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, MikeT wrote:

Sounds like you're describing blackflies.

But these bugs don;t bite.

Mu
Plus blackflies don't like stillwater IIRC. They are more attracted to
whitewater. Maybe you've discovered a new species! Simulida Vang Splorkus.

g.c.

Cranefly? Weird Caddis?

bruce h

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On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, MikeT wrote:

Sounds like you're describing blackflies.

But these bugs don;t bite.

Mu

Can you get a picture and post it?

--riverman

On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, riverman wrote:

Can you get a picture and post it?

Didn;t have my camera with me. Also wouldn;t have done much good as I
don't have macro mode on it.

Mu