So, you’ve got lots of caddis flies. Do you complain about all the sand and cacti, too? I’m sure the hatchery upset things when it started up. Things would have settled into balance, regardless. You think stripers are native fishes?
The hatchery was a mitigation hatchery to fix the damage from the construction of the Hoover and Davis Dams. Sure, in decades perhaps things would have settled back, but my town is based on the promises of that Congressional Act. The native fish they are trying to reintroduce are the humpback and razorback chubs. One of the stupidest things I have ever done as Supervisor is visit the hatchery and “chip” (insert a microchip) into these baby chubs so that government can track them. They have less than a 1% survival rate. They spend millions of dollars on that. The stocking program is one of the few government programs that make money ($7 back for every $1 spent). That’s the one they wanted to end.
I don’t understand her complaint about a large Caddis fly hatch being an environmental problem, Caddis fly larva are an aquatic species until they hatch.
Never heard of adult Caddis flies being a problem; they don’t eat crops, they don’t suck blood, they don’t eat wood.
Guess she just had to many attracted to her porch lights and just doesn’t like bugs.
As a matter of interest I have been tying my own dry and wet flies for about 55 years and always found a heavy hatch year to be the greatest gift a fly fisherman could ever get.