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HenryDavid
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I fish the Susky a lot at night, the Dobson Flies try to attach themselves to your face.
Melvinp
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I got the bright idea to show my daughter the batch of hellgies I had in a foam cooler in my kitchen I opened the lid she screamed jumped up on the counter and I was chasing hellgies around my kitchen floor (mom wasn’t impressed) so big word of advice don’t keep them in a foam box they will crawl up the sides with ease
Don
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Ha ha. I am the only one that like fish in the household so I try to not have incidents that lead to negative reactions. Thanks for the warning. But I won't fish them anymore as the Hellgies actually are too gross for even me. Live leeches are a second. Bloodworms are third. Becoming a sissy in my older years. Things bother me now that I wouldn't have thought twice about 20 years ago. Spiders, Some snakes, probably more. What a sissy I can be.
If anyone finds some some I’d like to buy a hundred LOL. Here they are in driveway puddles. I can’t find them ever and hear they are great for trout. I find some fish with crawdads inside too and have a knack for catching those but again by many of areas where I haunt for an odd reason I don’t find them. It’s weird to be honest. I grew up catching crawfads daily for a decade or more and even as far south as NC. Always used for a meal Or bait but in PA it’s sort of a non-starter. Cant buy and I can’t find yet. Then have to kill when you leave the water.
For Hellgies I even looked at buying online and shipping but always sold out. Not even sure how to hook them but always Looking for a new type of rigging.
For Hellgies I even looked at buying online and shipping but always sold out. Not even sure how to hook them but always Looking for a new type of rigging.
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Don
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They sure do creep me out.
last summer in Flaming Gorge we didn’t know about the Salmon Flies. Every night at dark the came through camp like biblical locust swarms. They don’t bite but hav allot of pokey appendages. You think they’re biting but they aren’t. When the hit you they immediately and quickly begin crawling in out and all over you. My grandkids freaked and we almost had to get tranquilizers for the one poor kid. That is how I am with Dobsons.
last summer in Flaming Gorge we didn’t know about the Salmon Flies. Every night at dark the came through camp like biblical locust swarms. They don’t bite but hav allot of pokey appendages. You think they’re biting but they aren’t. When the hit you they immediately and quickly begin crawling in out and all over you. My grandkids freaked and we almost had to get tranquilizers for the one poor kid. That is how I am with Dobsons.
HenryDavid
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They are looking for something to hang on to, brush, trees, etc. so a human is just another object to land on, so is your fishing rod. The mandibles are for clinging on to the opposite sex for mating. I've come to respect the Dobson fly, it means no harm but is equipped with serious pincers.
"Although not to the same extent as the larvae of mayflies and caddisflies, hellgrammites are intolerant of polluted waters and may have potential to be used as indicators of water quality." < Wikipedia >
"Although not to the same extent as the larvae of mayflies and caddisflies, hellgrammites are intolerant of polluted waters and may have potential to be used as indicators of water quality." < Wikipedia >
HenryDavid
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The gulp or many other rubber imitations work for river smallies, I also have a few flies I bought online that imitate a helgramite and have caught bass on them. LOL, I just googled for spelling purpose, the correct spelling is "Hellgrammite" even their name gives them a bad rep.