[Matt Henderson]

Tonight I was having a wee blaw in the carpark at the Duthie park. Whilst halfway through Heilan laddie I got distracted by the sea guls. They were flying to the top of a streamy section then sitting pecking into the water until they'd got to some slack water. At this point they would fly back to the top of the streamy bit again. They did this for about fifteen minutes and then were gone.

Any ideas?

Cheers

Matt

[Hamish Young]

Fly hatch 

[Matt Henderson]

I wondered about that but thought it was too late in the day for this? And too bloody cold! Pipes nearly blew away and hands were like sausages!

[Hamish Young]

Next to the Welsh, there's nowt as strange as the life of flies 

[Ben Dixon]

Next to the Welsh, there's nowt as strange as the life of flies 

Isit

[Marc Fauvet]

well, for once he didn't bring up the french...   

hey Matt,
i've seen this many times. most impressive though was in Sweden on the big rivers where i could watch the gulls do this over 200-300-400 meter 'drifts', fly back up, get on the right hatch lane and do it all over many times until there's no more bugs. 
i used them to find the bigger hatches  (not so obvious otherwise when some stretches of rivers are several hundred meters wide)

cheers,
marc

[Hamish Young]

Isit

Bitty

[Rob Brownfield]

A piper? Innnnnnnteresting!!! Play in a band?

[Matt Henderson]

A piper? Innnnnnnteresting!!! Play in a band?

Not anymore. I find two problems. Politics and the time involved. Still weddings and funerals I'm your man!

[Rob Brownfield]

Not anymore. I find two problems. Politics and the time involved. Still weddings and funerals I'm your man!

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