Lessons from yesterday. (7/8/20)

Trust your memory in terms of time of year and location when deciding where and when to go.
Get a good pair of cheaters (readers for your eyes) so you don't cut the GD leg off a new beetle that you just tied on. Remember to use an improved chinch knot when your tying on beetles, especial when your just lazy about the tippet size. Never never try to use 6.5x when your going from a Trico to a size #14 beetle- the knots keep sliding out and you get the curly tippet for proof you were just dam stupid. Try to work on a system of where to put your hemostat so you can get it unhooked fast in order to get flies out of trout mouths, I have mine attached to a small Fishpond chest pack on the left and can not get it unhooked when I need it, if I put it on the right it will tangle in my fly line*#! I may need to try and find the other unhookers that I know I have but some how seem to not know where they are.
  You know that your fly is right when the big boys just come up and roll on your fly, if that is the case you hit the pattern and size just right, think tan caddis.
  When your fishing beetles remember the best and most fish will be on the shore line and near some type of cover either on the bank or above. When your plopping beetles DO NOT be fast to set the hook, wait till you see the little swirl to lift, you will know when you get it right because the beetle will be inside their mouths- hence you need hemostats. I gave up "5" new beetles to larger fish because I could not get the dam hemo's out fast enough!
  When your fishing Trico's wait till you actually find a fish that is rhythm and it will be easier to time him out, if he comes up and just looks just let him rest for a bit and try again if he does the same check your fly, we tend to tie our Trico's with longer tails and some times they get messed up.
If they keep refusing your pattern put a #22-24 pheasant tail nymph about 6-8" below and try again. Make sure your using 6 to 7x and not anything heavier, the float counts.
  Finally make sure you know where the hell your wading staff is all the time, I dam near killed my self when I became wrapped in mine.
  DO NOT FISH PENNS