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Index of Subjects Hi Jim By "only come out at dusk", he meant during the bright parts of the day they get together in groups out of the sun - or most of the time anyway. When the sun goes of the water - not dusk exactly they spread out over the water- and will be more widely dispersed than during the heat of the day. This I've seen many times. There is another surface bug does the same thing - only this one is fatter with short legs. From time to time, I've seen fish go though a group of them with their mouth open - like a whale feeding on herring. Time to put a #16 fly in the trouts path when that happens. These come out in the spring when the water temp is below 20C. Have a nice summer Paul --- Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote: > If we are still talking about broad-shouldered water > striders or ripple > bugs, they don't "only come out at dusk", unless he > was talking about them > actually taking to the air, which I have never seen. > Cheers again from Jim > ----------- > Paul wrote below: Also they only come out at dusk - > but > he was interested in the fact swallows were feeding > on > them. prehaps there was another insect close by? > ---------- > From: Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:48:25 -0700 (PDT) > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] New Paddle > > Hi Jim - Dave and All > > Jim wrote: Paul, I'll bet that the plentiful skating > small bugs > on the river surface were broad-shouldered water > striders, alias ripple bugs, which occur in > big gregarious groups and are only found on flowing > water -- very abundant and widespread in streams and > rivers. Cheers from Jim > > Paul wrote: I had a fellow out last evening who > seemed well versed > in water insects and he did confirm they were > striders. Two interesting facts he related to me > was > that fish do not feed on them - bad taste prehaps > but > he wasn't sure. Also they only come out at dusk - > but > he was interested in the fact swallows were feeding > on > them. prehaps there was another insect close by? > > > --- David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> > wrote: > > I also > saw a white flower on the bank - I thought first it > was a black berry but some other kind of vine. It's > leaf was a maple leaf type. Small white flower but > very intense. > > DW answered > Have you ruled out Wild Cucumber (Echinocystis > lobata) > ? Prehaps - the flowers were much more opague than > the > normal wild cucumber - we missed it last night. You > will appreciate the object of the game was for him > to > catch fish - not smell the flowers! > Thanks to all for the info > Have a nice summer > Paul > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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