Author Topic: May is for May Flies!! (Read 1721 times)

Mark Hanes · « **on:** May 07, 2010, 02:10:02 PM »

Every year I look forward to some great mayfly hatches and spinner falls on my home waters. There is just something special about seeing those sail boats floating down stream.

Here is a short list of the major Hatches i hope to hit in PA.
- Sulphers in both 14's and later in the Month 18's. This has always been my favorite hatch.
- March Browns: If you have ever hit the perfect night for the spinner fall you should know what an epic spinner fall is.

- Light Cahills - This has always been a fun and productive hatch for me.

- Drakes- I have been blessed to have fished some lesser know streams and rivers that have good drake hatches. All 3 major species on the East Coast are in my home waters. ( Green, Brown, And Yellow) I also have a few small streams where I recently found the lesser known Dark Green Drake hatch.

I know I am missing some here so feel free to add any or tell us about the up coming hatches in your section of the world.

David Pacy · « **Reply #1 on:** May 07, 2010, 03:59:00 PM »

At boiling spring in the run you can see the sulfurs nymphs being taken out be the fish.

Chris Smorul · « **Reply #2 on:** May 08, 2010, 01:43:55 AM »

I had some sulphurs under my porch light last evening. Its the first time I've ever noticed them. Wind must have blown thm up from the creek because I'm a good 20 minute walk from it. There were a few grammon there as well.

Pat Burke · « **Reply #3 on:** January 22, 2011, 08:28:10 PM »

Mark,
I'd love to hit a March Brown spinner fall! We have a running joke between friends about the March Browns being the spinner that never falls. I can't tell you how many times I have been on Penns creek and the spinners start stacking up over the riffles...and about 20 minutes later they disappear.

-Pat

Mark Ferringer · « **Reply #4 on:** January 22, 2011, 08:47:53 PM »

Brown drakes... mmm... go to first fork the second week of june and see if they fall.

thats one hatch i never had doubts about hittin the water. Its wierd youve had that experience

Mark Hanes · « **Reply #5 on:** January 24, 2011, 03:58:16 PM »

Yeah have seen the march browns ready to fall then they just seem to disappear. I have a couple places locally where there are street lights and I will stay later and have even seen them fall a hour or two after dark.

Drakes are just fun to watch bugs that big take flight and a few years back their was just an epic hatch of ungodly numbers hatching on the lower clarion.

I can't wait till spring!