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I floated the canyon the last two Saturdays - once from Red's to the slab and once from Ringer to Red's. We started out nymphing, in anticipation of switching over to drys later in the day. On both days we - and pretty much everyone we spoke with on the river - noticed very little action (read: next to nothing) until about 2-2:30, when the bite magically turned on and we had several hours of great dry fly action.
Clearly the bite coincided with the mayfly hatch when the fish began rising. I'm curious if anyone has a biological explanation for why the fishing was so slow, earlier in the day. The fish were obviously there... just not interested in what we were offering.
As I write this I wonder if mayfly emergers might have produced some results prior to the visible hatch. Does anyone routinely 'upgrade' from nymphs to emergers prior to switching to drys?
Clearly the bite coincided with the mayfly hatch when the fish began rising. I'm curious if anyone has a biological explanation for why the fishing was so slow, earlier in the day. The fish were obviously there... just not interested in what we were offering.
As I write this I wonder if mayfly emergers might have produced some results prior to the visible hatch. Does anyone routinely 'upgrade' from nymphs to emergers prior to switching to drys?
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