We've seen it over the years where Backswimmer flights are patchy throughout the province. Start reporting the area where you see them. Myself, nothing yet. Obviously too early. How about you?
Last year this day up in swan hills they were fully "hatching" or doing they're mating flight, haven't seen the first frost yet so that may be a factor that triggers the event either way can't wait I've come up with a new pattern to try loosely based off ur pattern fish man and one I seen on an old sport fishin on the fly episode !
The juvenile backswimmers r immature as they do not mate but act like a hornet teenager . The adults are the maters they r a different colour then the juvenile
The adults usually start mating around end of first week of September. The frost only rushes the ones that havnt mated yet. Usually by October u start fishing boatmen which is funny no one ever posts anything on boatmen, well guess what u don't know what your missing, boAtmen fishing is usually good fishing all day until freeze up
Let's see a pic of that pattern. I finally found the right foam for the ultimate boatman.
You can see for yourselve Goggle SFOTF,then there sxs for jennings ultamate boatman.My best bug for the hatches/flights.Used it in 4 different provinces.
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