Swarms of Mayflies

[jeffroey]

Swarms of mayflies in Wilkes-Barre a good sign for the Susquehanna River

Drivers or pedestrians crossing the Market Street Bridge might not appreciate huge swarms of bugs covering the span and creating a slick surface, but there is a bright side.

www.citizensvoice.com

This article brought back very fond childhood memoroes for me. As a kid growing up in p
Pittston, I vividly remember crossing the Water Street Bridge in a car as a teen and sliding down the West Pitston side incline on a sheet of mayflies.

That and standing in line at Dairy Queen or Carter's on Wyoming Avenue and observing the mayflies clinging to every vertical surface around me. Wasn't fly fishing in those days but it was just part of growing up on the Susquehanna in the summer.

This made me smile.