just removed a large daddy long legs from the kitchen.

is this not a bit early?

correct me if im wrong (and im sure you will) but...

i thought they usually appear nearer the end of the summer.

would any one on here fish a dry daddy at this time of year?

bob

Two, arses stuck together, landed on me on the Avon, near Stonehouse yesterday. I always thought they came later too.

Global warming? Harsh winter? Dry spring? Bin Laden's death?

thanks mate. i thought i was going mental.

bob

Had one or two in the house over the last couple of weeks; horrible dangly critturs...

Fishing them? Well, they were smashing them off the top at "the fishery that dares not speak it's name" near Ludlow last week...

I fish daddies any time of the year...

Discovered one in my car only yesterday, I'll be sticking one on the point today I think

They appear from late April through to November. Loads of different ones.

Saw quite a few damselflies out yesterday, thought that was a bit on the early side too.

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"Take not out your 'ounds on a werry windy day" Surtees.

If you read your entomology textbooks you'll discover that there are 176 ( if failing memory still serves ) species of Tipulidae in the UK.

With many emerging at different times starting about now .

Yes the main emergences of the common ones are Sept/Oct depending on prevailing weather conditions being right . Usually a feast or a famine - they are very variable .

And I've occasionallly caught on dry daddy from April through the years but better and more often later on .

Nothing odd about it !

Best wishes

Steve P

if i had them i wouldnt have started this thread