Tom,
Luckily I missed the family's first experience with the Dobsonfly on
the Redbank River, just upstream from the mouth. My parents had a
tradition of camping on their pontoon boat over the 4th of July
weekend. The first time they camped on the Redbank, my brother in
law had to lob a few back across the river with a ball
bat. Apparently it made an interesting PING when struck with an
aluminum bat. Needless to say, they slept with the walls down that
night. According to some links, the adults will bite as well and can
break skin too. I haven't been back since the last time I went boat
camping, so I haven't worried tooo much about making some sort of fly
for either the adult or nymph.
Garry
BTW -- if you put 1/2 doz hellgrammites in a glass jar overnight, you
will end up with one very full hellgrammite in the morning. They are
the king of mean when it comes to aquatic bugs in my book!
At 04:59 PM 8/2/2006, you wrote:
Nope. If those things were emerging from the lake, I doubt I would
stay in it! It's about four inches to big. Ugly Bug! Thanks for
the link and pics.
Tom
On Aug 2, 2006, at 8:44 AM, Garry V. Wiles wrote:
Tom,
I'm still wondering about the Dobsonfly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobsonfly -- it's a stonefly wanna
be. It crawls out like a stonefly and drys on the foliage along the banks.
Garry
