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Post by davet on Apr 23, 2021 10:13:16 GMT -5
From what I've read we are suppose to see the 17 year cicada cycle emerge. Lots of gabbing on fly fishing forums and some links to how to tie up a fly fishing cicada. Apparently if these little bugs are around a stream.....forget tossing anything at 'em but cicada's. Man.....they are ugly bugs!!!  |
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Post by Dutch on Apr 23, 2021 12:01:42 GMT -5
The turkey poults are gonna love them!
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Post by ridgecommander on Apr 23, 2021 16:09:11 GMT -5
I was looking at a map of this brood and it looks like I won't see the emergence.
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Post by cspot on Apr 23, 2021 18:48:52 GMT -5
I was looking at a map of this brood and it looks like I won't see the emergence. I believe we had them 2 or 3 years ago at least where I am. |
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Post by acorn20 on Apr 23, 2021 21:25:33 GMT -5
Are you going to tie a few up Dave?
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Post by ridgecommander on Apr 24, 2021 6:42:27 GMT -5
I believe we had them 2 or 3 years ago at least where I am. Yeah. I think it was two years ago there was a big emergence in areas around here. I remember tons of them between the Pit airport and Center Township on 376. It interesting looking at the brood maps. It can be so localized. I cluster here then another cluster 10 miles away. |
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Post by davet on Apr 24, 2021 6:53:05 GMT -5
Are you going to tie a few up Dave?
I may give it a try. I have all of the materials needed. The hard part, from what I see on the "how to build" web site, is two pieces of foam need to be fused together around the edges, and that can be a bit tricky to do.
In the below pic, (The fly's on the left side) I tied up some Red Quill's using a very different method. I used a buddy's example to model from. It took a little time to figure out how to make the quill's curve and stay in the same position. The answer: Once tied on the hook, wrap 'em around something round and hit 'em with a heat gun for about ten seconds. BTW, ten seconds is about all you can stand 'cause my fingers were also getting heated up!!!   |
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Post by bushmaster on Apr 24, 2021 18:44:32 GMT -5
They are coming out in eastern pa. Not SW. I'm glad, they did a ton of damage to my sawtooth oak and chestnut trees last time out.
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