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FishermanTim · 10-28-2009, 02:55 PM

Here's my "fleeting moment" moment:
I was kayaking across Horn Pond in Woburn last week, and with a flat surface and a late season fly mating frenzy, I was EXPECTING to see trout/salmon rising for a feast. NOT ONE RISE the entire day!
What I did see, which had me howling laughing was something that had I not seen it myself, I would not believe it.
I was paddling across the pond and noticed something that was too big to be a fly skimming across the surface. As I closed in, I saw a spider "wind surfing" acroos the surface. The spider had spun a web the way the hatchlings do when the "balloon" away from the nest.
I could see the wake on the water caused by the hairs on the spiders legs, which allowed the spider to ride the water's surface tension like a wind surfer. I thought it was hillarious!

Sometimes nature's shows are so fleeting, if you blink, you miss them.

10-28-2009, 02:55 PM	#2
FishermanTim Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Hyde Park, MA Posts: 4,152	Here's my "fleeting moment" moment: I was kayaking across Horn Pond in Woburn last week, and with a flat surface and a late season fly mating frenzy, I was EXPECTING to see trout/salmon rising for a feast. NOT ONE RISE the entire day! What I did see, which had me howling laughing was something that had I not seen it myself, I would not believe it. I was paddling across the pond and noticed something that was too big to be a fly skimming across the surface. As I closed in, I saw a spider "wind surfing" acroos the surface. The spider had spun a web the way the hatchlings do when the "balloon" away from the nest. I could see the wake on the water caused by the hairs on the spiders legs, which allowed the spider to ride the water's surface tension like a wind surfer. I thought it was hillarious! Sometimes nature's shows are so fleeting, if you blink, you miss them.