Photos and notes from on the road. A biologist at heart. A 'retired' network administrator and lifelong photographer. Living in Ashland Wisconsin on Lake Superior's Chequamegon Bay.
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Dragonflies Odonata
Well here is another area (of many) that I know little about. Any Dragonfly 'experts' out there that can ID these? All of these photos were taken on yesterdays fishing trip.
I love dragonflies, they eat mosquitos. I always like to fish under a horde of dragonflies. Imitations of these guys also make a great bass/bluegill fly. Once, I'm not making this up, the kid, bored with fishing & the book she brought along, convinced a dragonfly to light on the gunwale of the canoe & the further convinced it to stay there for about 10 minutes as she petted it long abdomen. Cool. It was also the same day she closed the truck door on one of my fishing rods & broke the tip off, luckily, it was a spinning rod. The moral of this story is that taming a dragonfly will, oh, hell, there is no moral to this story. But it's a fun memory to have. Later.
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I love dragonflies, they eat mosquitos. I always like to fish under a horde of dragonflies. Imitations of these guys also make a great bass/bluegill fly. Once, I'm not making this up, the kid, bored with fishing & the book she brought along, convinced a dragonfly to light on the gunwale of the canoe & the further convinced it to stay there for about 10 minutes as she petted it long abdomen. Cool. It was also the same day she closed the truck door on one of my fishing rods & broke the tip off, luckily, it was a spinning rod. The moral of this story is that taming a dragonfly will, oh, hell, there is no moral to this story. But it's a fun memory to have. Later.
Moral of the story!
When a friend is having a bad spell with internal combustion hardware STAY CLEAR it's contagious.
that memory is on the verge of being sentimental coldh2o!! sorry about the rod : )
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