"The Future ain't what it used to be" - Yogi Berra
Lots of orders coming in for the Partridge and Magic soft hackle. (thank you). Order now before I run out of that magic material. Go to my previous post for ordering instructions!!!
Autumn is not just the time for micro flies but is the time for some of our largest prey items to take center stage. I will dwell on EB because it makes my case very well. As I stated in the previous post the river is loaded with size 14 Isonychia nymphs which have been hatching since August. The river is loaded with emerald shiners which grow to about 3 inches long and are good forage for the trout. You will see schools of them in the shallows which are the young-of-the-year. I've seen browns chasing these guys.
But the star of the show is the Giant Stonefly - Allonarcys! This fly is unlike most aquatic insects because of it's extended life span.. While most live for a year these guy is around for 3 YEARS. There will always be a good supply of these monsters for trout to feed upon. They are BIG usually topping out around 2 inches long. Trout will not get picky if one of these goes drifting bye. If you tie your own use plenty of weight or micro shot a few inches above the fly.
Big Browns
A client and I went down to the depths of Cady Lane and worked over 2 large browns yesterday morning. One was about 24 inches and the other about 18. What made this memorable was the fact that they were hanging out together. Usually browns are fairly solitary except when we begin to approach the spawning season. We had a couple of long looks but no takers.
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September, October and November are the prime months of the Swift, Millers, EB and the Ware. Book a date now!!!!!!
Ken
5 comments:
Ken Interesting about the browns. Kast fall,I encountered a couple of browns side by side in very shallow water around halloween on a glorious Sunday afternoon in Greenfield. One took my gently swung partridge and orange.To my surprise it was nearly 22"(an approximation).Ah,the good ol'days! That was truly a great day! Cheers,Chet
Ken,
What a thrill it must have been for your client to cast to those big browns! Even though no connection was made, what fun to cast to trout like that in hopes of a hit.
I have been catching a few lately, one a plump 15"er, using a dry dropper set up. The dry has been a white wulff with the dropper being various subsurface flies with a 3/32 dark tungsten bead head to break the surface film when delivered.
Most hits have come on the subsurface fly, but I was surprised a few nights ago with an absolute blow up of the top fly by a nice brown. It was kind of a bad cast that I let drift so as not to put down the rising one I was casting to. The fly ended up in no man's land, but sure enough a trout was there.
Best, Sam
Sam and Chet,
I love browns!!! I would like to catch one 15 inch brown than 3 15 inch bows. I just like the places where they are found like the Millers or Cady Lane.
Ken
Ken - I was at that pool in a canoe three weeks ago and counted five separate fish all over 18 inches, with at least two appearing to be over 24 inches. The weekend before last, at dawn, one of the large browns was surface feeding - not sure on what but it left quite a wake in its path, three times in about 10 to 15 minutes. Those sights will never be forgotten. Still not able get get any interest from those big browns. Another fisherman in a kayak noted he landed one about 18 inches the previous week. Thank you for your blog. I love reading your posts and the responding comments.
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