Beetle time again

Yes it was beetle time again yesteday, some of the takes were on the suttle side but make no mistake this year has been the very best beetle fishing I have had in many years. If your going forget the middle of the stream and concentrate on the banks and even the shallow riffles. I have noticed that on the section that I fished on Tuesday, I have NOT taken a fish off the heavy wooded bank, go figure? A #12-14 black beetle with new Hends spectra dubbing underbody and 4 metalic blue legs with a bright pink post on top does the trick. After many fish and some of them bigger than normal my beetle was really beat up, time to strip the hook and just tie another. I wanted to do a scud morning on a section that I have not fished for at least 25 years but when I looked at it there were two very large trees downed in the best section of the area, oh well just wait for high water to take it. a #16-18 dark tan/grey scud will do the trick in this section. Time to get ready for the large Oct. caddis and another round of smaller Iso's if we get some water in Penn's. This year has been not so great with the tan caddis for some reason? Had one good morning on Bald Eagle using a tan bubble back caddis then have not seen many of them or maybe I have not paid that much attention to them all the while concentrating of Trico's and beetles!? Still tying flies every night, now tying the shit that I might not be able to tie ina couple of years. I tend to tied a ton of one pattern in a few sizes thereby not having to tie them every year, this is only viable if your pattern is proven and has not changed much over the years. Go fish and enjoy the Fall because the hunters will be out soon.