Crane fly

[JayMorr]

This weeks fly photo is of a Crane fly.

[Trout4x]

Do you have a website with all your photos?

Keep up the great work!


Trout4x

[thor444]

I assume that is the Natural, right? Are you going to show us your mock up? Been out much?

[JayMorr]

Do you have a website with all your photos?

Keep up the great work!


Trout4x

Check my profile.

I hope the photos can help out when at the vise and tying.

I have yet to toss a Crane fly immitation. I wonder how it would do?

JayMorr

[JayMorr]

I assume that is the Natural, right? Are you going to show us your mock up? Been out much?
I have not tied up an immitation for this yet. I have had a chance to get out. (It is never enough though) How about you?


JayMorr

[thor444]

Would they be in (on) water intentionally or by accident. I have some in my garage. I heard they eat mosquitoes. I told my daughter they were mosquito hawks and not to squish them.

[steelie]

I heard they eat mosquitoes. I told my daughter they were mosquito hawks and not to squish them.


I've heard CraneFly Larvae eat misquito larvae, but not sure.
I wonder how it would do?



I tied up the foam one Jack Dennis did on one of the TV shows, worked great, but probably just because it looks like a hopper.

[steelie]

http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/crane_fly.htm

they eat decaying plant material - no mention of skeeters, they sound like vegans

[nightfish]

We saw a prolific hatch of them on the weekend. Color between PMD & Sulphur, about a #14. Pretty cool bug. Anybody have any idea on the emergence method?

[Sutah]

but I know they were (are still at times) one of my faverite flies for the Green ( larva Stage) for a long time. They have somewhat dissepated in section A and fish a little better on the B section. I still use the larva on both sections and catch fish. The Crane fly adult can be imitated with a piece of shoe lace to match the color, elk hair and crystal flash wing and some rubber legs and a short hackle to help it float. Fish it under low hanging bushes and trees. Can be deadly on section B & C and most northern rivers. The shoe laces are those that are braded in two or three shades of brown. Don,t over look crane flies.

[Rumblefish]

last month on the green i was rolling rocks over at the begining of C section. I picked up several crane fly larva. I didn't use any crane fly patterns because dry flies were the ticket.

[Trout4x]

Looks like I will have to take a little time and browse your website.


Thanks Again!

Trout4x

[GotFish?]

Steelie, cool site! Lots of great information and the graphics are outstanding.

[RAW]

Have seen and fished a small cranefly adult on the Ogden. Sort of creamy-orange in color. Fish will take them dead drift or with a skimming retrieve. BAM! hang on with the skimming retrieve.

Have watched browns on the Ogden grab a fairly large crane adult skimming the water going upstream on occassion. The larger one seemed to be more grayish in color.

Not sure how they emerge. I have seen groups of the smaller cream-orange ones in groups on mid-river exposed rocks. Wasn't sure if they were trying to mate or just hanging together. It was getting dark and the river was getting spooky so I was trying to leave before the Riverwalkers came out. Boo!

[nightfish]

I dug this up at Westfly. A good article, but doesn't mention how the few aquatic species emerge. The majority of the varieties are actually terrestrial dwellers (damp soil...stream banks above water). High flows knock 'em into the trouty food chain.

http://www.westfly.com/feature/0008/feature_252.htm