Really want to keep fishing because it has been good but with the Green Drake starting to hatch I'm not inclined to fight the nuts that come with this event. Most Drakes begin to hatch when the water temp reaches 50 and stays there for at least three days, then the magic happens. While it is a wonderful sight to see it is the people who ruin it, ass holes who have no idea of how to act on the stream, I have seen guys slide down the banks right in from of you while your working on a fish and they have no idea what they have done! You will see some awful shit on the end of their leaders and at some time they might catch one, after the crowds go we see many dead fish floating in the stream because of over playing or just ripping hooks from their mouths- sad to see such wonderful fish wasted but at least the idiots are gone and we can get down to some serious business of working on our choice of fish! The best pattern that I have ever seen for a dun Drake is the George Harvey bright yellow calf tail winged Wulff varation, easy to see and floats like a cork, for the nymph I like a pattern by Al Troth- simple and it works or try a Michigan Hex. pattern, for the spinner any big white body spent winged pattern that has hackle wings works well, the wings are just too big to use poly or another synth. material on them.
Enjoy and keep some big stoneflies in your box! The Olives will follow by the start of June and that means 3-4 weeks of great fishing with limited people around.
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