JustFish
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If consistent big fish is what you are looking for then ignore the top water action and probe deep with a big nymph or streamer. Let's face it when a hatch is going off the water temperatures are obviously favorable for a feeding frenzy!!!!!!!!!! If you want to catch fish on top that's fine but the big fish are often on the bottom....unless of course there is a cicada hatch going on.
I fished the LLH last year during a caddis hatch. Which was really fun by the way. I was catching a lot of fish between 12-15 inches . I could see however, a lot of bigger fish down a 50 yard stretch that wouldn't even look at my dry. I then switched to a deep sparkle pupae with a shot or two on the leader and put it right into the lane of a 20+ inch fish.....it took it the first drift. I had a great evening catching several 20+inch rainbows at the LLH. I love taking them on top but have found to catch bigger fish, other methods are needed. It's hard to try to ignore a hatch but if you can it could pay dividends..
GOOD LUCK THIS SPRING!!!
I fished the LLH last year during a caddis hatch. Which was really fun by the way. I was catching a lot of fish between 12-15 inches . I could see however, a lot of bigger fish down a 50 yard stretch that wouldn't even look at my dry. I then switched to a deep sparkle pupae with a shot or two on the leader and put it right into the lane of a 20+ inch fish.....it took it the first drift. I had a great evening catching several 20+inch rainbows at the LLH. I love taking them on top but have found to catch bigger fish, other methods are needed. It's hard to try to ignore a hatch but if you can it could pay dividends..
GOOD LUCK THIS SPRING!!!