I live across the street from Magnusson park, so lake Washington would be the likely body of water for me.
Incredible pictures illuminating what I mentioned earlier. The closest I ever came to seeing something like this was when, returning from a successful day fishing the Blitzen River, I ran into a midge hatch by Malheur Lake that covered my windshield. As I was driving into a setting sun, I was for all intents and purposes driving blind. When I pulled into a gas station in Burns and the attendant came out, I had to tell him I didn't need gas, just the ability to see the road! After that, I always kept a can of windshield bug removal spray and a roll of paper shop towels in the car.As you know, Hex Limbata nymphs are burrowers and line in sediment. They form the huge mayfly hatches that show up on weather radar when they emerge from the Mississippi River between Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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Snow plows are used to clear the roads.
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New to the forum here and a bit late on this topic but I find it interesting that these bugs show about the same time here on the east coast, I start seeing them around the 4th of July but ours are a bit smallerFound this outside my house on my way home today. It looks like a gigantic mayfly, but that is as much as I know. Any thoughts?
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Hi Stanley,We’ll see these guys show up about a month earlier on the east coast, clearly rivals in size. Stanley
I truly miss them also...says walnutboy...Skip and I used to fish the hex hatch at the upper end of Merrill Lake. When we first started going up there the fishing was insane. I miss those days.
Same here...the down side was getting home at midnight or soWe have Hexegenia here in NY. They don't usually hatch until dusk or dark.