Mayfly hatch is underway on KY lake

[WTM]

or should i say june flies, for the next evening or two should be some good multispecies action. dock lights around the marinas are usually a good place or if you see some bank beaters with coleman lanterns over the water.

 

[Smo]

I saw a few last Thursday just South of Birdsong by the barge light/ DayMark

 

[bluball]

Saw a bunch yesterday in the bigsandy area

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[7mm08]

Like this?
Willow flies or Gray Drakes
Ephemerella grandis I think

Everything eats them!!!!

 

[larry ipock]

I've seen hatches on Watts Bar so thick that you had to look at your sandwich before taking a bite, or you'd get some extra protein in the form of raw mayflies. LOL

 

[Smo]

I always knew them as Willow Flies.

When I was growing up in NW Al . we always looked forward to a big batch .

My Dad would get a call from the Guy who ran a boat ramp and a minnow sales along the creek we fished letting us know they were hatching.

Sometimes it would be the next day before we got to go but you could always catch a sack full on a fly rod.

They usually didn't hatch down there until around the 4th of July.

So somewhere between Ky Lake and Pickwick Lake the name changes apparently .

So who's Guilty ? LOL

 

[7mm08]

I've seen hatches on Watts Bar so thick that you had to look at your sandwich before taking a bite, or you'd get some extra protein in the form of raw mayflies. LOL

That's where this pic is from. It's crazy when you hit the hatch right

 

[MickThompson]

A buddy left a light on in the Jon boat one night while we were setting lines on the Duck during a mayfly hatch. When I noticed an hour or 2 later, they 4" deep in spots in the boat. I shoveled them out as best I could. These were large, cream colored ones best I remember.


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