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To: Kalam

Good for Them!

When I married My wife and I went to Door County Wi. We arrived (May) and there had been a Winnebago fly hatch. (Like giant mosquitos) They said not to worry, was a week old and should be over. It lasted for 5 more days. They don’t bite. You breathe them and they go Crunch as you walk through the drifts of dead flies!

(Here is a link for coming summer days!)

http://www.troutnut.com/


510 posted on 02/12/2019 7:54:09 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

Reminds me of when that North Country has brought out snowplows in May to scrape off mayflies so roads wouldn’t be so slippery. Amazing!


512 posted on 02/12/2019 8:01:48 PM PST by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

I Quickly checked out the www.troutnut.com site and they show the mayfly hatch. We certainly get that hatch too. I guessing that’s what you are calling the Winnebago hatch.

(Side note I grew up in Nebraska not far from the Winnebago Indian Reservation. Played them in High School sports.)

I’ve never breathed a mayfly in, but I sure am familiar with the crunching sound.


519 posted on 02/12/2019 8:10:45 PM PST by Kalam (Poor me, I have lost my tagline :())
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

MR “mayflies” or fish flies. Not black flies.
And the biting gnats are always bad in the warm months.


649 posted on 02/13/2019 5:22:59 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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