Nov

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They are still coming off . There were sulphur spinners in the air yesterday- 11-28-07. Fish still eating Sulphur Comparaduns- Size 16-18.  Sulphurs from around 11:00 til.. they stop. Sulphur Comparaduns with a Split case nymph or other Sulphur nymphs during this time.

Then around 3:00 , fish seem to switch to midges. Blakes stripper in 20-24 looks like the stomach pump samples I got. Fly sure is catching fish at this time.

Around 4:00-4:30 Dark Caddis’ [ Hugh Hartsel calls them the December caddis] and Black flies are getting eaten. Stomach pumping shows shows the switch to these bugs AT this time of day. A Loop Winged Midge and a December Caddis work well for this. Size 22  in a Morgan’s Midge,  a dark caddis or soft hackle work very well for this action. I have samples of the Winter Caddis in the shop.

The above flies at the stated times caught fish very well for me Monday and for our guides thru out the week.

Tremendous dry fly and dropper fishing is going on.

PLEASE watch where you are wading right now. Look for cleaned out areas in the gravel runs.  These areas are not hard to spot , if you look for them. If you step in them, you have killed a bunch of wild brown trout eggs. So please be careful.

Thanks ,

Rod Champion