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Buzz Maring
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Initially Posted - 09/24/2003 : 16:01:00

Hi everyone,

I tied up to a mooring ball and spent the night on the boat last night ... I love doing that ... it is a little slice of heaven.

Anyway, here's what greeted me this morning ... they were EVERYWHERE:

<img src="http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b3d705b3127cce8eafe598fa350000001610" border=0>

They were STILL hanging on after I motored back to the slip:

<img src="http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b3d705b3127cce8eafe5ecfa410000001610" border=0>

So, is there any way to keep these critters away? There were hundreds and hundreds of them all over the boat ... it took me over an hour to wash off the bug guts from the ones I stepped on ... I vacuumed up the rest and fed them to the fish.

BTW, while I was burning a mosquito coil last night I didn't notice any mayflies ... 'coincidence?

Thanks for the help!

Buzz Maring
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~~Freya~~
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Sea Trac
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Response Posted - 09/24/2003 : 16:07:04

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>
... it is a little slice of heaven.<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>

Looks like fly fisherman's heaven. Wish I'd been there! <img src=icon_smile_sad.gif border=0 align=middle>

But seriously, it's a short term problem:
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Mayflies are classified in the Insect Order Ephemeroptera, meaning in Greek "lasting but a day." As winged adults, they survive only a few hours or at most a few days, nothing is eaten, nor do they crawl or walk. They only fly and mate within dancing swarms, usually in late afternoon or evening. Swarms, consisting of hundreds or thousands, emerge from the water after synchronously appearing along and inland of the shoreline. Mating normally occurs the same day adulthood is achieved. Females release as many as 8,000 fertile, oval eggs over the water, often scattering them or, in some species, in mass in a suitable place. After eggs are laid, females fall to the water and float, often drifting onto beaches in nuisance piles or windrows. Others are strongly attracted to and congregate under night lights.
<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>

Although, I think they're highly attracted to lemon juice. <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

J.B. Manley
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pwhallon
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Response Posted - 09/24/2003 : 17:11:33

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>Looks like fly fisherman's heaven. Wished I'd been there! <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>

Me too!

PW

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 09/24/2003 : 19:39:21

How could a fly fisherman compete with that? One fly among 100,000...

Dave Bristle - 1985 C-25 #5032 SR-FK-Dinette-Honda "Passage" in SW CT

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Sea Trac
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Response Posted - 09/24/2003 : 19:48:49

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>
How could a fly fisherman compete with that? One fly among 100,000...
<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote>

In this case, it's not a matter of competing, Dave. Only a matter of placing a well matched replica (not identifiable by the fish as a faker) very carefully (much harder than it sounds) in exactly the right place (much harder than it sounds) at exactly the right time (Buzz's dumb luck, no offense, Buzz. Actually, I'm thinking about adding lemon oil to my float ointment.) Begin to understand why we fly fisherman are also big Scotch drinkers? <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

J.B. Manley
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 09/24/2003 : 22:06:52

Buzz - those darn things are one of the "joys" of Canyon Lake in the early Fall. I just take the hose and wash down the boat...
Derek

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