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Drossi
05-01-2018, 09:46 PM
Nice weather today kicked it up a notch. Hit the river after work, sun was off the water and the bugs were hatching. The bows were all over wet flies like savages. No time for the dainty. Hares ear wets and pheasant tails did the trick. Good flows and good fishing, classic old school wet fly style, swinging down and across, cut back the tippet to 4lb and hang on.
thmyorke1
05-01-2018, 10:20 PM
Good report, Flies were everywhere today.
akoop
05-02-2018, 08:58 AM
I agree, I hit a river yesterday and the flow was perfect and lots of caddis flies hatching. Was surprised that I only saw one trout feeding on the caddis on the surface. Plenty of action on nymphs!
Drossi
05-02-2018, 10:08 AM
I agree, I hit a river yesterday and the flow was perfect and lots of caddis flies hatching. Was surprised that I only saw one trout feeding on the caddis on the surface. Plenty of action on nymphs!

I didn't see any taking caddis or mayfly duns on the surface but they sure weren't bashful about coming up the water column to take swinging wets! Should only get better this week with the mild weather.

If you're a beginning fly fisherman or are teaching a beginner now is a great time to get them into fish. Swinging wet flies is easy on beginners, they just need to learn basic roll and flip casts, a little line management, some easy line mends, and they should be into fish. The strikes are pretty obvious too so they won't be overwhelmed learning the sometimes Zen-like nymph tactics.
AndyS
05-02-2018, 04:50 PM
It would be nice to know what river, more so for water quality purposes, thanx !
akoop
05-02-2018, 05:07 PM
It would be nice to know what river, more so for water quality purposes, thanx !

I fished Big Flat Brook.
AndyS
05-02-2018, 07:57 PM
Ahhhh, nice clean stuff up there= nice bug hatch, thanx !!
akoop
05-02-2018, 10:16 PM
Ahhhh, nice clean stuff up there= nice bug hatch, thanx !!

Yep, water looked great. I did end up picking up a bunch of Dunkin Donuts coffee cups where I parked. I guess the empty cup was just too heavy for whomever dropped them to carry out.
Hookmanski
05-02-2018, 11:57 PM
bugs are definitely buzzing, my ears were full of em today!