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Ted Peck's favorite smallie flies in mouth of his graphite mount 24 1/2 incher.
By Ted Peck
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This has been the summer of the bug. On a good night you can swat enough mosquitos to make a meat loaf. Then there are the gnats that treat DEET like chocolate syrup, doing touch-and-go landings in your eyes and nostrils.
Squadrons of big dragonflies dart across the water like tiny Apache gunships. These are good bugs. They eat mosquitos.
Recent mayfly hatches are the biggest I've seen in years. Branches hang heavy with these short-lived beasts. Their exoskeletons join in thick carpets to float downstream once they give up the ghost-a scrumptious buffet for all swimming...