Friday, March 23, 2012

Tully 03/21-23

Fishing has been awesome the past 3 days. Fish have been feeding on emerging midges in the morning, adults’ mid-day to dark, and nymphs all day long. We have hit the Paper Mill flats the past 3 mornings; the dry fly action has been steady but not on fire. We’ve had a lot of success the past 2 morning dropping a small zebra midge off our dries. The fish have been very particular to the stage of the fly, not so much the color or size. If they are taking emergers it's very hard to get them to eat a true "dry fly".

Here are a few photos from the river:









Hot Flies: Pop Midges, Zebra Midges, and Gnats.

8 comments:

  1. I'm fairly new to trout.What's with the markings on the brownie?

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  2. NMadison - Its just a point n' shoot, Olympus Stylus Tough 3000.

    Hawkbird - the sad truth is that its a freshly stocked brown trout.

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  3. Huh? I figured they might not be as hard to fool as wild fish but I never knew they looked so different. It is sad and kind of gross.

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  4. Hawkbird - Not gross at all. They are just markings on the body. Although they are not the typical round spots, it is possible that the brownie may have a little brookie in his genes. Those vermiculations look very similar to a tiger trout.

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  5. good pics. had a little luck out there yesterday morning too.

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  6. Franks, Thanks for the lesson. Glad it's not gross. Always happy to learn. Never seen that though I hope to.

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