salvelinusfontinalis
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I had the bug to get so good dry fly fishing in. The first place I thought of was the Upper Tully. The last time I was there they were hammering caddis just before a storm rolled in and I had to leave early. We got a good amount of rain last night and a light shower just before I left. I figured the bug activity might be good now that the sun was back out and things have cooled off.
When I arrived at the stream I still had a bugger on from when we were up north. I cast it into a few deep pools at the beginning of this section. I had a few strikes but like always I couldnt hook up. Those wilds are fast. I did manage to bring out a large trout from under a downed tree. He promptly saw me and high tailed it for the next county.
Rethinking my approach I tied on a size 16 elk hair brown caddis and found a rising fish in the next pool. It took 30 casts but I caught him. I worked my way down stream to where the fishing was good last time. I was amazed, I could pick out at least 20 rising trout in the weedy flat area. It was amazing fishing. Unlike most limestone spring creeks the trout arent as picky about size or color. I landed at least 15 of those wild browns and a few bows on That caddis. I switched over to a yellow elk hair caddis pattern and landed quiet a few more.
Looking in the spider webs I saw that trikes hatch in the area. I bet those trout take them in the morning.
The water was very cool and the dry fly fishing was amazing. I caught probably 30 wild trout today. Some are small some were in the 13-15 inch range. I long released one that could have been 16 inches too. The wild rainbows were in the 5 inch range. They are considerably smaller than the browns. It is doubtful they will get a foot hold on the stream like the browns.
ill be sure to load up some pics when i can get them off my camera. Soon iam going to contribute some of th better summer pics to the photos section.
When I arrived at the stream I still had a bugger on from when we were up north. I cast it into a few deep pools at the beginning of this section. I had a few strikes but like always I couldnt hook up. Those wilds are fast. I did manage to bring out a large trout from under a downed tree. He promptly saw me and high tailed it for the next county.
Rethinking my approach I tied on a size 16 elk hair brown caddis and found a rising fish in the next pool. It took 30 casts but I caught him. I worked my way down stream to where the fishing was good last time. I was amazed, I could pick out at least 20 rising trout in the weedy flat area. It was amazing fishing. Unlike most limestone spring creeks the trout arent as picky about size or color. I landed at least 15 of those wild browns and a few bows on That caddis. I switched over to a yellow elk hair caddis pattern and landed quiet a few more.
Looking in the spider webs I saw that trikes hatch in the area. I bet those trout take them in the morning.
The water was very cool and the dry fly fishing was amazing. I caught probably 30 wild trout today. Some are small some were in the 13-15 inch range. I long released one that could have been 16 inches too. The wild rainbows were in the 5 inch range. They are considerably smaller than the browns. It is doubtful they will get a foot hold on the stream like the browns.
ill be sure to load up some pics when i can get them off my camera. Soon iam going to contribute some of th better summer pics to the photos section.
