giantsjim
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Mostly sunny day with air temp around 75 and water temp in low 50's. Clarity was excellent for the fish to see me; though it rarely slowed at times them from rising within 2 yards of me. Fished from 1 PM until 5 PM.
Fish were rising upon arrival and upon departure. In the flats there were midges and the sporadic caddis coming off. The slow water was littered with dead midges while the occasional struggling caddis would hotfoot by and not be taken before flight.
The fish were on the midges. I was unsuccesful initially with my midge patterns, too big I think, nor with Griffith's Gnats, caddis emergers, or caddis dries. I only nymph out of desperation- just my preference. I love the topwater action if I can get it.
So, I looked at the water and saw all the dead bugs that were being slurped down. Reminded me of a trico fall. Should I? Could I? Why the heck not. Nothing else was working. I had no spent midges so I tied on a spent trico and 1st cast, fish on. Ha Ha, how about that. Maybe you guys have used them before, but for me, it was kind of a 'How about that', moment.
Used a couple of other trico patterns that worked over the next couple of hours mixing in various caddis patterns which also brought a few to hand as the day wore on. Fish were healthy and good fighters. All browns.
Tricos in March, who would have thunk it?
Fish were rising upon arrival and upon departure. In the flats there were midges and the sporadic caddis coming off. The slow water was littered with dead midges while the occasional struggling caddis would hotfoot by and not be taken before flight.
The fish were on the midges. I was unsuccesful initially with my midge patterns, too big I think, nor with Griffith's Gnats, caddis emergers, or caddis dries. I only nymph out of desperation- just my preference. I love the topwater action if I can get it.
So, I looked at the water and saw all the dead bugs that were being slurped down. Reminded me of a trico fall. Should I? Could I? Why the heck not. Nothing else was working. I had no spent midges so I tied on a spent trico and 1st cast, fish on. Ha Ha, how about that. Maybe you guys have used them before, but for me, it was kind of a 'How about that', moment.
Used a couple of other trico patterns that worked over the next couple of hours mixing in various caddis patterns which also brought a few to hand as the day wore on. Fish were healthy and good fighters. All browns.
Tricos in March, who would have thunk it?
