Although the area received little rain over the last week we are still seeing heads(trout heads) feeding on the surface throughout the day. It is possible to spend the day just casting dries and have a nice day fishing. Lt. Hendrickson and PMD/sulphur patterns have worked in all stages along with Golden stones. Temps in the River ranged from 60 to 66 degrees yesterday and this slight cool down has helped activity. The evenings are active with surface fish with a bevy of different insects on the water. The puzzle is complex to figure out but one must patient and just keep repeating your drift over targeted fish and eventually you should get a hit. Have fun!
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4 users commented in " Hunt With The Dry "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackAnd what fun it is! Frustrating at times, but never dull. Fish seem to be keying in on different hatches from one location to another, obviously because they are feeding in slightly differing environments that are producing differing insect activities. During yesterday evening’s (3-9 PM) trials, small caddis, small sulphurs, large sulphurs, Lt. Hendrickson, small yellow sallies, midges (that appear to be white), and a very large unknown (to me) mayfly all appeared and were worth changing flies to answer. This has to be one of the best seasons for such complexity.
There were several instances where nothing seemed to be actually emerging, yet flashes from fish feeding on something submerged were apparent in many of the faster, deeper runs. Never did figure that out. Any ideas?
Gary
The pieces of the puzzle seem to change from place to place and day to day. The best top water action seems to be in those evening hours now. I will bring a seine this week to check underwater bugs.
Andy,
I fished the Rush the other evening and had great fun with rising fish. There were two mayflies hatching along with a mottled dark grey Caddis. One of the mayflies was an olive, the other I have seen there beforew, but I don’t know what it was. In the air, it appeard to be a creamy yellow, but when I caught one in my hand, the wings were a cream/yellow, but the body was a reddish brown. It was a skimpy 16 or chunky 18 in size. Two tails. Any ideas?
BTW, a klinkhammer with a phesant tail body did the trick. Jay
just got back from the lower Kinni and was shocked to see no rising fish, don’t know if the rain had much to do with it but made use of my nymphs and did very well
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