A bit dated from a month ago, but I always find the stories of nature on crack fascinating. Just over a month ago, radar in Wisconsin picked up a disturbance. This turned out to be a ‘massive’ (billions of insects) Hex hatch (Hexagenia Bilineata), which rose on the Mississippi River and moved across Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota. Hex Mayfly are much revered by fly fishers because they are big insects and trout love them at last light.





Impressive!
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I will join the WOW comments.
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Pesky things!
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Can’t they tune that radar to show where the fish are too? WOW what a hatch, quite fantastic. 🙂
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Yes indeed! It would be equally fascinating to see those fish managing that much food.
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Wow! That’s kinda creepy! But very cool..
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That is a bit overwhelming on the bug scale for sure!!!
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Harmless little fellas, I remember them as a kid on the lake on Michigan.
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Yes, harmless but held in high esteem by fly fishers….but not usually in those numbers! Thanks for the visit John
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Wow!
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Bizarre by NW standards hey? Hope you’ve had a great Summer.
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Indeed I have. I even had my first fly fishing lesson last week!
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Excellent! Please stay in touch re that. Enjoy
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