I got to fish Sunday afternoon. There were sporatic sulphurs and sulphur spinners. And fish would occasionally eat one.  I stayed with a sulphur dry just because I wanted to. Just did not want to give them up quite yet. I force fed a good number of fish and a couple of fat, dandy browns. But in my heart , I knew it was over for the year. That does not mean some sulphurs will not continue to hatch off, because they will. But not near the numbers and the regularity of the past 7 months. The fish know it too. They have switched to midge pupae and BWO nymphs.  And soon the BWO’s will appear in numbers and regularity .

My buddy, Dave Miller, whacked one right after the other on midge pupae Sunday. When I say whacked em, I mean whacked em.  But I wasn’t ready to let go , yet. Next time, I will. But that last 16″ brown  in the back of the slick pool that jumped high twice, that was as gold a butter, was worth it. As I slipped the Sulphur dry out of his mouth, I not only said good bye to that brown, but also said good bye to the sulphurs. But what a year for Sulphurs it has been! It has been as good as it gets.  Now come on BWO’s . We are waiting on you.

Tight Lines,

Rod Champion