Fishing Report

[Don]

My friend Chuck and I visited Montauk for the first time. We drove and walked around awhile trying to get our bearings. Whew! It was hotter than a two-dollar pistol. We arrived at the spring about 4:30 PM.

I was really impressed by the wild look that the flyfishing area had to offer. Trees lined both banks. The only way to fish this area is to wade. The shade and the cold water provided relief from the heat. I caught two with a copper dun zebra midge. I slowly explored my way downstream. Several scud patterns never produced a strike. Fish started surfacing, so I flung about 10 different dries at them. The only responders were to the black ant. I then caught five more with a salmon and cheese egg pattern tied on a white jig head.

I loved the scenery. Weekenders had already left the area and I saw only six people flyfishing. Many times I looked upstream and downstream experiencing nobody in sight and enjoying complete solitude. There was alot of fog on the river for last two hours of the evening. Lots of wildlife around. A deer came to the riverbank, stared me down awhile, then left. A large snapping turtle crossed the river right in front of my feet. Lots of muskrat, otter?, what ever they were, swimming around all evening. A deer crossed the river about 50 ft dowstream from me. By the time I had the camera in my hand, she was gone.

I tried a John Deere jig, no takers. I then tried an ugly zebra midge at 8:00. I netted six fish before the whistle. They were hitting on almost every drift. I wonder if the ugly midge was the ticket of the day, if the fish just wanted to feed hard toward sundown hours, or a combination thereof. I'll be back.

Don

[Snow Fly]

Try a Elk Hair Caddis {Olive or Tan}, PMD's,or Griffiths Gnat when they are rising like that, you will also have good luck with it in the riffles. Crackleback also works well as a dry or stripping the CB under the surface. Crackleback also works well as a dry with a dropper {Pheasant Tail,Copper Johns} under it get, good action on both flies.Early mornings there is usually a hatch going on.