JackM
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On one of the stream reports this paragraph appears:
"So what does this have to do with ffishing? Well, QG's are spectacular but rarely bring the trouts up. The reason is that they are one of the few mayflies to emerge underwater. So the way to catch trout during the QG emergence is to use a wet fly. Even the old reliables like Quigley Cripples and Klinkhammers won't do much for a QG hatch."
It doesn't ring true to me. I understand that they "emerge" underwater, however, when they reach the surface, they have as much reason, if not more, as any other emerging mayfly to ride the surface before becoming airborne. I have seen QGs ride the surface and some of the classic dry flies are QG duns. So, does the poster have some secret knowledge that no one else has or is he mistaken, mis-speaking, or what?
I would like to be educated because I have a bunch of dry flies that I can recycle the hooks from if they need to be dimantled. :-(
"So what does this have to do with ffishing? Well, QG's are spectacular but rarely bring the trouts up. The reason is that they are one of the few mayflies to emerge underwater. So the way to catch trout during the QG emergence is to use a wet fly. Even the old reliables like Quigley Cripples and Klinkhammers won't do much for a QG hatch."
It doesn't ring true to me. I understand that they "emerge" underwater, however, when they reach the surface, they have as much reason, if not more, as any other emerging mayfly to ride the surface before becoming airborne. I have seen QGs ride the surface and some of the classic dry flies are QG duns. So, does the poster have some secret knowledge that no one else has or is he mistaken, mis-speaking, or what?
I would like to be educated because I have a bunch of dry flies that I can recycle the hooks from if they need to be dimantled. :-(