Where are the brown trout?

[Capt. Lou]

When a hatch is on its my expierance on any stream not only local any trout species therein will rise to feed .
It’s not uncommon to catch several species in that particular stream if available on flies , not so much on dries since our local hatches are not always strong .
Streams that are heavily fished are not your best bet to focus on dries but nymphs and streamers will collect more trout then dries .
Many Streams dries can be deadly after dark if your on the correct waters exibiting a particular hatch that gets em going !
Many surrounding states have the type hatches that make dry fly fishing easier
but timing is the key

[Bruce Litton]

Originally Posted by Chrisper4694

with the stocked fish? your best bet is a fly tied in the shape of a hatchery pellet

By mid-May, those hatchery browns were wild for dry flies. Not that they were quite "wild" yet, no, but rising for sure. Come to think of it, way back in the day, my salmon egg Master friend gave homage to a dry fly angler, who caught rainbows, while we got skunked, end of May.