The rain has not messed things up. I was on the river all day yesterday. When we left the water, it was clear. Once again there was a number of different bugs on the surface and in the air. Anglers commented that they were throwing everything in their box at them with less than expected results. Catching was tougher yesterday than one would have thought with similar conditions to Saturday’s feeding frenzy. From the reports I received from a number of anglers dry fly fishing became tougher and nymphing produced fish more consistently. Bugs you should carry right now are Blue wings in all stages with body colors from light to dark olive and green apple, Darth Vader, Crane flies in Lt. yellow, PMD’s, and spinners for these flies. The fish were on the spinners in a few different colors the last few days. Watch the rise forms and observe what is floating by. Matching the bugs is one way to solve the riddle. Don’t forget your Bloody Princes, Kinni nymphs and P. Tails. They worked well sub-surface.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackSimilar surprising lack of activity yesterday in SE MN. Tuesday on a number of SE MN streams water clarity and level were variable, but in spite of the gray and sometimes drizzly weather, few bugs were in the air, few fish rising, and little success on dries. I saw a few craneflies and drew a few strikes on the cheddar head cranefly. Monday on a much brighter day, there were many different bugs out, including sulphurs, March Browns ( I think – quite large brown mayfly), yellow sallies. caddis, and craneflies. Emerging craneflies were crawling all over my waders but I had more luck with sparkle caddis emergers and a variety of other flies than with the cheddar head or yellow or orange soft hackles.
Paul
Go figure, just when you’ve got it pegged, the trout change the game plan.
Hey Andy,
Love your site, I follow it daily. Subsurface fishing has been the key in Southeastern Minnesota this last month and has continued into June. The streams are looking great down here. The site looks great keep up the good work, check out my blog munstertrout.blogspot.com
Thanks, Sip
Sip
The site looks great. I can see you won’t let those slippery strikers squirm past. The pictures on your site show you already know how to stop the big fish. Keep up the good work on the site and on the field for The Thunder.
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