Home Forums Fishing Flyfishing Here Fishy....... Flyswap at work.

I've got fish on the mosquito larva and the blue damsel fly so far.

Tried Troutfly's damselfly larvae, and tried Skunkie's veiled egg, both to no avail...

If at first you don't succeed...
...don't blame the Swap flies!

I did not! I went to the old standby, deer hair caddis and did just fine. Just wanted to try something new, but still wanted to catch some fish!

Deer Hair Caddis, not the Madam Xs you've been tying?

I went back out for the Hex hatch tonight. Nada. There were a few trout taking something just under the surface, but I couldn't get them. I got one fish! I got tired of trying stuff and threw a big Hex even though there were none on the water. A #10 Wulf overly dressed and gaudy. My second cast to a rising fish and he took it. I got nothing the rest of the night. I've really got to figure these fish out. I'll tell you, I can catch bats easier than fish. That's embarrassing.

Time for "garden hackle"?

Many days on the River, I see power bait nuggets floating by. Between the bait fishermen and the ospreys, the trout get scooped up quick. The Asians use a mysterious dough bait they call "monkey bait" and do a number on them. Even the spin fishermen get a lot of them. I feel I need to be frustrated as often as possible. I don't keep them so it's just for my own punishment that I stick to fly gear.

My Madam Xs didn't even warrant a second glance from anything in the water. Most of what I threw at them didn't. But they liked my caddi, even though AkGrayling says the hackle was too long. The fish didn't judge it with a micrometer like he did!

I feel your pain...

You'all are supposed to whip the water with a line, not your backs with a scourge.

Believe me, someone could have mistaken the water for a cappuccino!

BTW, they probably refused your Madam Xs because the front legs were too short!
(If you think about it, the forward-facing legs are the ones given the most action by a twitch. You might reconsider your practice.)

Professional handicap.

Anything new, folks?

No pix, but a small South Platte Rainbow last week on the now very, very sad EHC that I'll now retire.

"A sadder but wiser girl for me."