WISCONSIN!! this just in from the National Weather Service

[Mr__Bill]

It's rather big so I will just link to it. Note it's moving away from Minnesota, so I guess it's time for Minnesota to say, Sorry Wisconsin!

Weather Radar from NOAA



Bill
over here in the rain

[cabinetman]

Be happy they aren't fruit flies or love bugs.
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[sweensdv]

Bill, who's late you or the National Weather Service? That image is from last Saturday.

[germdoc]

I just noticed a few last week--nothing dramatic. A few years ago they were so prevalent a downtown car dealer had to powerwash their garage doors just to be able to open them--the flies were 2" thick. Took a whole day to wash them off the new cars as well.

They're pretty innocuous otherwise, the fish are happy this time of year!

[pelligrini]

That's cool! I've never seen that many in the air. I saw a couple big spinner falls when I was fishing the snake below Yellowstone once. The trout were going nuts then too.

The first time I ever saw a big fly hatch was on Shoshone Lake in Yellowstone. I was out on the beach by myself and had just finished making my dinner. I saw a big brown cloud moving down the lake. I thought it was someone's illicit fire at first. (There was a burn ban on.) It was a huge tent wing caddis hatch. I just gave up trying to keep them out of my food. I just ate 'em like the fish were.

Never seen anything like it before or since. It was probably small compared to the one in the OP.

[Black wallnut]

On our local river the Yakima we have an early June hatch of Western Green Drakes that are imitated with #8 grey Wulff's. I used to fish this hatch every year but have not in a few years due to less access than I once had. It was a sight to see with bugs that big and the big fish that it brought to the surface.