If you look at what is happening on Penn's, Fishing Creek and Spring it appears that all the major May hatches will pop at about the same time due in part because of the water temp. We will have Grey Fox, March Brown's, Tan Caddis and Sulphur's all at once- boy it will be tough to tell what they are eating. For my money I'll take the Grey Fox (fished off the banks mid pool to tail out) and the tan caddis (Blue Ribbon's Iris Caddis pattern is the best every). The tan caddis is a long a wonderful hatch lasting till Trico time and beyond, emergers in the AM and adults most of the day.
Sulphur's on Penn's and Spring can be just wonderful but it presents a hard puzzle to solve as to what stage the trout are eating on any given day, just slow down and watch before you blast that cast. After that sprinkle in some Crane Flies and a lot of spinners and no wonder all the fish look like little pigs when you land them in May. Beware the Drake fever might be higher than normal this year due to more water under special reg's (this tends to bring more people to an area), I for one hate that hatch because of the nuts it brings and what it does to the fish when guys rip them and then let them go, we see more dead fish after that hatch than any other time of the year.
I just finished an order for intruder trout flies and can attest to the fact that OPST trailer hooks have to be the sharpest hooks on the market, drove one in my thumb and had to push it out the other side and pinch the barb down before backing it out, the hooks can either be up or down and when up they get in your way till you put a hair clip over it!
I see the next "7" days are to be cloudy with showers- any more perfect on could not want- just go!
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