Musky Sulfer Hatch

[Billfish715]

The upper Warren County stretch of the Musconetcong was alive with Sulfer Mayflies yesterday after the morning (Monday) drizzle. Just about every pool or the tail of the riffles had trout rising freely. The hatch increased as the afternoon went on. These are large bugs ( about #14 ). The trout were in their feeding lanes and were very easy to spot. Earlier in the day, those same pools seemed void of life until the the bugs came out. It was great to see so many fish over such a wide area.

[Eskimo]

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I'm not a fly fishermen, so I only take notice of hatches when it's really big.

A couple of years ago, there was a massive sulphr mayfly hatch on the South Branch of the Raritan. I was getting gas at the gas station near the Nevius Street Bridge and every surface of the gas station was covered with mayflies.
The gas attendant said it's not that unusual and he sees it on occasion.

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[Billfish715]

Sulfer Mayfly

[Billfish715]

There was no cloud of bugs over the water but still, when the mayflies are on the water, there's nothing like it. There were enough to get the trout up and feeding on the surface where you could see them. It might be a day or two before the Sulfers show up on the lower Musky.

[birddog]

I was out Saturday afternoon and there were a few sulphers starting to come off the water. I put on a sulpher soft hackle and proceeded to catch 7 and lose 3-4 more. they still need to learn they are supposed to be eating them and not fish pellets!