If you plan on hitting the Farmie soon you want a bunch of Needhami duns and spinners in sizes 20 through 26. That's basically all I used on that river two weeks ago. This insect is of a chocolate brown color and a grey poly wing works best. I also dump the trailing fiber shuck and tie in a single strand of midge flash. Also, the body is made of brown thread and a thorax of fine synthetic dubbing.
Somehow this fly is called a tiny hendrickson in some quarters!!
Starling And Olive
BWO season is right around the corner!! It is the premier autumn hatch on the Millers overshadowing the pumpkin caddis, if not in sheer numbers then by trout interest. Before you start tossing dries drift a size 18 Starling and Olive soft hackle. It's the perfect emerger pattern for this insect in size, shape and color. Starling is cheap material but easily broken so go slowly.
Summer Cooking
I love to flyfish and I love to cook and summer means grilling and smoking. A week ago I did a pork shoulder in the smoker dry rubbed with salt, pepper and cayenne pepper. Tonight the skewers were loaded up with pork, mushrooms, plum tomato wedges, cut up bell peppers (the last two ingredients from my garden) and some tiny new potatoes. Give this a slight spray of olive oil and then a liberal amount of black pepper. All of this ended up on the charcoal as did two ears of corn with the husks left on!!!!
Fall Dates
Plenty of water, plenty of interest, the calendar is filling up, don't get left out.
Ken
