Meadow Run, Fayette County, 5/19/10

burghwolfe

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Fished Meadow Run today. The water conditions were just about perfect, good flow and nice color. It was cloudy all day and there was light rain on a few occasions. Never saw a hint of the sun. Saw lots of bugs in the air. Couldn't catch any to get a good look. I am no bug expert but there were some pretty large mayflies that looked like light cahills and some big brown mayflies as well. Lots of midge activity too. Unfortunately I only saw a handful of rises all day.

Fished above the DHALO section in the morning and didn't get a strike. Spin fishermen were doing well with various spinners. A fellow I was fishing with caught a big fat rainbow that was over 20" for sure. It had some shoulders. Not sure if it was a state stocked fish or if it came down from Beaver Creek.

Fished from about noon to 3 above flat rock. Had 5 hits in about 15 minutes on a green San Juan worm. Landed 2 rainbows and lost 2 at my feet. They were very acrobatic and fought extremely well. All were about 12-15" and very healthy. Also got one on a pink egg pattern. Seemed to be more rises in the afternoon but still not many. A little sun may have helped get the dry fly action going.

All in all it was a good day fishing.
 
Glad you had a nice day out.

I think you are right about the light cahills, the big brown ones were likely march browns. Did you see any smaller yellow mayflies? They would be sulphers.
 
I did see just a couple mayflies that I thought might be sulfurs. they seemed a little greenish yellow.
 
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