Raspberry & Caddis Time

It's that wonderful time of the year just before the Trico's, eating wild raspberries and catching lots of trout on small tan caddis in the morning! I look forward to this time of the summer because you can get a great snack and catch some nice fish. Be there early in the morning, use a caddis emerger wet fly style and wait till you see the tell tail rises from the fish, it is fine to hit them on the head when you see a rise, I think sometimes they may think that they missed the fly and will come right back and take your fly ASAP. A CDC Bubble Back tan caddis in size #16 or as it goes on longer a size #18 will do the trick, if you don't have a bubble back try a Sid Neff style pattern, it's nothing more than a body and a flared clipped deer hair head BUT never forget an Iris Caddis pattern that Blue Ribbon Flies from West Yellowstone first tied- they flat out work! After the morning caddis hatching is over try some ants & beetles, if your on a larger stream with a lot of shade try a large Chernoble Ant pattern- watch the wake that forms when they come for it. Remember when you fish a beetle make sure your fly "plops" into the surface and don't forget to fish the skinny riffle water- you will be surprised. Take care and watch the stream temp, if it's high just pick the berries and take a nap.