crane fly larva

dace11 · 2010-05-16 09:41:00

I was just wondering if anyone knows if the crane fly (daddy long legs) larva can be used as a bait. Some people know them as leather jackets. I am visiting a relatives house and this morning we went out side and there were hundreds on the drive-way. I am heading out in the morning to East Clare to do a bit of tench…

16-05-2010 10:41AM

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I was just wondering if anyone knows if the crane fly (daddy long legs) larva can be used as a bait. Some people know them as leather jackets.

I am visiting a relatives house and this morning we went out side and there were hundreds on the drive-way.

I am heading out in the morning to East Clare to do a bit of tench fishing and I was wondering if they are any good as bait because i have a bucket full of them.

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#2 16-05-2010 11:34AM

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Trout love them. You have a dry land version, but there are aquatic crane flies (daddy-long-legs) species, and in those varieties the leatherjacket is living on the lakebed.

Here is a commercial pattern and some info of when is good times to fish it:
http://www.orvis.com/store/product.aspx?pf_id=09C3

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