Green River 6-7 to 6-10

[mlyonsden]

[cool] We had a great time. The water is really low now. On Wed & Thurs 1,000 cfs, Fri lowered to below 800 cfs (guide said about 700 cfs). Fly fishing was slow. No rising fish except for in the evening and then only a few. Used gold (fish catcher lure)and rainbow Panther Martings, kastermaster, etc) lures when fly fishing wasn't working. Knocked them died. Easily caught 35-50+ fish per day, (caught so many I smashed the barbs on the lures to make release easier). Weather turned bad Friday afternoon. We had marble size hail for proably 20-30 minutes, then hard rain, lots of lightening. All in all, it was proably the best trip to the Green I have ever had. Guides said proably no cicades this year (they fear they all were burned in the fire a few years ago).
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[lunkerhunter2]

BS on the cicadas! I was up last year and they were thick as hell. You were lied to.
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[ScottyP]

They were a no show this year-- and from what I have heard they were scarce last year as well. Maybe you saw a bunch of mormon crickets?
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[Gloomis]

mlyonsden- if fishing isnt good on top, try a zebra midge or something olive this time of year. pmd hatch should pick up soon.

also, there was pretty much a non existent cicada hatch last year, and this year is the same.
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[lunkerhunter2]

Possibly, but 2 different drift boats told me they were Cicadas. Are they a chocolate brown color? That was the color of the bugs i saw. And they were atleast 1 1/2" long. The ones i see around my house are bright green but i have been told they vary in color from area to area.
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[cat_man]

Here is a picture of a cicada. Different species will vary somewhat, but this is what they look like.


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[lunkerhunter2]

Thanks Cat_Man. The bugs i saw did not look like that at all. I don't know what they were. I am going to call a friend and ask him if he remembers what they were.
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[cat_man]

How bout a katydid?


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[lunkerhunter2]

They almost looked like a stonefly.
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