Root Admin Phil Lilley Posted December 15, 2023 Root Admin Share Posted December 15, 2023 https://mdc.mo.gov/trees-plants/diseases-pests/periodical-cicadas Hopefully it will be a fun time in May and June! Tom C, BilletHead, Quillback and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishnDave Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 This could be a FUN time for big topwater flies! I was in Iowa during their most recent 17-Year Cicada brood hatch. It was very cool! grizwilson and dpitt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishnDave Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 For interested fly tyers wanting to create something that looks like 2024's hatch...it turns out there is sort of a mix of 2 species in this hatch. Here's some pics: Magicicada neotredecim: and Magicicada tredecim: grizwilson, trythisonemv, Ham and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruthead Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 12/15/2023 at 8:43 AM, FishnDave said: For interested fly tyers wanting to create something that looks like 2024's hatch...it turns out there is sort of a mix of 2 species in this hatch. Here's some pics: Magicicada neotredecim: and Magicicada tredecim: That botton one looks just like my stoneflies on the underneath view "Pretty soon we may not have any rights left because it might infringe on someone's rights" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scubapath Posted March 4 Members Share Posted March 4 When are they supposed to emerge? I would love to come to Taney and fish them on dry cicada flies. I have the flies ready, but picking a week is the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpitt Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 @Scubapath I've read that the soil temp 6 inches deep needs to reach 65 degrees, they say a good warm spring rain can bring them up. I'm betting they come up early with the warmer weather we've been having. Daryk Campbell Sr 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdmidwest Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Back in the 90's, we had one here. I used black foam bodies with Krystal flash wings. Bass loved them, as soon as they went splat on the water most of the time. Those big bugs falling out of the sky need a loud presentation. I think I used them on trout also, but they are a little more skittish. dpitt 1 "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpitt Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Tied up a couple of patterns, getting ready for the hatch. fishinwrench, grizwilson, Daryk Campbell Sr and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinwrench Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Whenever they predict a big cicada hatch I always compare it to a hatch when I was a kid. In 1971 or 72 there was a FOR REAL hatch in Audrain, Monroe, Montgomery counties. They were so thick that you literally couldn't take a step outside anywhere without stepping on them. There was a smell in the air that has stuck with me for a lifetime. All of our bicycle tires were caked in cicada guts, and we had to take our shoes off before coming inside. We called them "locust" back then. Every tree/bush, every telephone pole, and everybody's house was literally covered in them. Gutters were full. Sidewalks, streets, parking lots and playgrounds.... completely covered. It was gross ! The ground looked like Swiss cheese, and the noise in the evening was deafening. awhuber, nomolites, dpitt and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizwilson Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 9 hours ago, fishinwrench said: In 1971 or 72 there was a FOR REAL hatch in Audrain, Monroe, Montgomery counties. They were so thick that you literally couldn't take a step outside anywhere without stepping on them. There was a smell in the air that has stuck with me for a lifetime. Left off Ralls County.....no respect for the smallest county in the State.....😁 “If a cluttered desk is a sign, of a cluttered mind, of what then, is an empty desk a sign?”- Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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