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dryflyguy
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I was fishing a really nice pool on the little juniata river earlier this week. And the fish were rising everywhere to a tan caddis hatch.
But they weren't taking many of the bugs on the surface. Most of the action consisted if very splashy rises to the bugs as they were emerging. And they were definitely keyed in on insects that were moving.
I did pretty well on them the first day I fished there by twitching a fluttering caddis imitation over them - although many of the fish still refused my offering.
I stopped back the next day, to find the fish still rising very well.
However, I could hardly catch a fish then. And I tried several different patterns. They even refused a Lafontaine sparkle emerger
twitched just under the surface.
Of course, I - and the other guys I was fishing there with - blamed this on the fish being "smartened" up by being fished over pretty hard.
But they were still feeding on those caddis very well.
I've seen fish do this many times over the years. And I've never been able to quite figure out a technique - or certain pattern - to take them well in this situation.
Just wondering if anyone else has come up with an answer for it
But they weren't taking many of the bugs on the surface. Most of the action consisted if very splashy rises to the bugs as they were emerging. And they were definitely keyed in on insects that were moving.
I did pretty well on them the first day I fished there by twitching a fluttering caddis imitation over them - although many of the fish still refused my offering.
I stopped back the next day, to find the fish still rising very well.
However, I could hardly catch a fish then. And I tried several different patterns. They even refused a Lafontaine sparkle emerger
twitched just under the surface.
Of course, I - and the other guys I was fishing there with - blamed this on the fish being "smartened" up by being fished over pretty hard.
But they were still feeding on those caddis very well.
I've seen fish do this many times over the years. And I've never been able to quite figure out a technique - or certain pattern - to take them well in this situation.
Just wondering if anyone else has come up with an answer for it