Monday, July 2, 2012

Tricos are on! and the Beetles are on the table

Fished very early this morning and at 7:30 AM the trout were up and feeding well, only a few Trico's in the air and not many on the water but feeding they were. You could see the larger fish were in a rythm and all you had to do was line it up and hope it was time for them to eat. Took every fish on a #24 olive Trico spinner, some on top and others wanted it below the surface? It appeared as if they were eating nymphs at the surface but I was just to lazy to rig a two fly set up but the next time I will. As soon as I got in the water there were three large fish feeding not more than 20 yards away, 2 very nice rainbows and a very good brown. I was more interested in the fish that tend to feed near the banks in the shade- they were there! Took 7 more fish moving up the bank but could not take "3" really snooty guys. One fish made me float my fly 14 times over him before he ate it! Funny thing when the actual spinners made the water the fish stopped! The actual size of the spinners was a 26, go figure. Sometimes the fish tend to get into a feeding rythn before the actual spiiner fall but this will even out as the days go by. Made it to the top of the run and there were a few spin guys at the head of the pool, time to get out and find more fish. Checked Spring Creek at one spot that has always been great, a small amount of spinners in the air and not one rise, stood in the tale of the pool and waited for nothing to happen. This is typical when the Trico's are just getting started, you need to find them and make certin they are hatching or falling on the specific pool you intend to fish or have fish actualy feeding.
  At 11:00 AM began to prospect with a #10 black foam beetle, they like it a lot. If you intend to fish a beetle make sure you can plop it on the surface, it's like the dinner bell. Cast it in shallow water, on edges geez just about anywhere and hold on, sometimes you'll see the wake coming for your fly.
  This is the start of the most pleasant time of the year, early morings of Trico's and early afternoons of beetle fishing, doesn't get much better.
  Saw a picture of a rainbow a fellow caught & released on Bald Eagle, well over 23", nice fish!

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