As promised here's my report of last nights after work expedition to the S. Fork. The water was gin clear and just a little high although I didn't have too many problems wading nearly to the golf course. Landed 3-4 smaller trout (all rainbows 8-9") and lost a larger one (10-12") and also caught a large whitefish (18"). My fishing partner was fishing a small stimulator dry and letting it drag at the end. Caught several smaller 'bows and a larger one of about 10", most hookups occured after the fly was swinging. I was fishing epoxy copper barr beadhead nymphs (the red wire ones seemed to work best). There were spotty hatches early (6pm)of a large (size 10-12) brown mayflys with really long tails- 2-3 times the length of their body. Could these be Brown Drakes ? I have no idea what they were but didn't see any rises to them. Caddis activity was strangely sparse, although I did see a few fish rising to them where they were present. The main hatch was after about 8:30pm. Small (18-20)
solid cream white (no olive body) mayflys really came out strong and the water was really alive with rises. One of the heaviest hatches I've seen on the S.Fork. I've never been able to figure out what these little mayflys are and I'd love to know so I could tie an emerger and nymph patterns to match as I think the vast majority of the action would be subsurface for most of the day. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks again to everyone who replied so quickly to my request for info last night, this is really the best forum around IMHO!:thumb
solid cream white (no olive body) mayflys really came out strong and the water was really alive with rises. One of the heaviest hatches I've seen on the S.Fork. I've never been able to figure out what these little mayflys are and I'd love to know so I could tie an emerger and nymph patterns to match as I think the vast majority of the action would be subsurface for most of the day. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks again to everyone who replied so quickly to my request for info last night, this is really the best forum around IMHO!:thumb