Cicada Fishing!

[woodman]

They are not in the KC. area...but went to Springfield Sunday and down by Wheatland they are thick... Went cat fishing on the Little Niangua Monday ...I noticed the cicadas were only being taken by the perch....

[ozark trout fisher]

The Cicadas were absolutely insane here in Warren County. Now they are still pretty thick, but they are winding down. The bass and bluegills are still keyed into them. I caught lots of sunfish and one pretty bass last night on the surface. There weren't many naturals on the water, but the fish are still looking up. I don't think they will forget the Cicadas for awhile even after they're gone.

And soon enough they will start keying into hoppers anyway, although not to the degree that they did with the Cicadas. I am already seeing them in the tall grass back behind my house in significant numbers, although I've not seen many/any in the water yet. With all of that going on there should with any luck be pretty good surface action most evenings between now and sometime in October-a pretty nice thing to be able to look forward to.

[Kayser]

If you're chasing trout, downsizing seems to be the way to go. It looks like there are two different sized cicadas buzzing around, and out of the 4 sizes of flies I tried, the smallest one got the most interest and the best hookup ratio. Was about a size smaller than the bugs, and the same size and bigger flies were pretty much left alone (bigger=worse). Also, a perfect dead drift always drew a hit, but moving the fly at all would barely get noticed.

Rob