Any October Caddis On The N. Fork?

[Justin Spencer]

Here's a pic I took of one I found one day fishing. A size 4 nymph hook is not overkill here, but I usually use 6's or 8's.

[Nortrad]

Can't say I've ever used a dry on this river and called it deadly, this time of year any hopper type imitation has a good chance of catching fish, but dropping something off of it would also be a good idea. Big stone nymphs are still the way to go day in and day out.

Thanks for the info, concentrating on the stone fly nymphs and various dropper nymphs.

[sean c]

Thanks for the info, concentrating on the stone fly nymphs and various dropper nymphs.

Thats the bread and butter on this river but there are usually plenty of bugs on the river and a guy should fish how he wants so don't be afraid to throw a dry or swing a wet fly especially if you run into a nice hatch or see activity close to the surface. Honestly we have never done very well on top but we have caught fish that way and I have seen other people do it.

Don't forget streamers in assorted colors if the nymph bit is off strip a wooly or something similar and see if that works.

[Nortrad]

I hear that, got a lot of new streamers to try and some waiting for their 'second chance.'

[Wayne SW/MO]

Stone fly hatches can be hard to fish, but if you can detect one going on they can put you on a lot of fish.

[Justin Spencer]

Saw my first October caddis flying around inside the house last night, not lots of them yet but they are starting, albeit a little bit late. Seems in the past October caddis start in September. Have seen some BWO as well as lots of different small caddis. River starting to just now get back to normal buggyness following this springs flood. Has made figuring out what to use a little harder than usual. I still haven't found overly consistent nymphing, but have hit some really good days along with the slower ones.

[Nortrad]

Saw my first October caddis flying around inside the house last night, not lots of them yet but they are starting, albeit a little bit late. Seems in the past October caddis start in September. Have seen some BWO as well as lots of different small caddis. River starting to just now get back to normal buggyness following this springs flood. Has made figuring out what to use a little harder than usual. I still haven't found overly consistent nymphing, but have hit some really good days along with the slower ones.

Thanks for the update. Been tying up a storm of various patterns, including some Oct. caddis pupa's. Got plenty of small stuff I use on the Current ready to go also.

[Arofishing]

I saw the BWOs on the river too. Hadn't seen any sort of hatch on the NFoW before so it was nice. I wouldn't say we ever got into a big swath of them, but if you looked you could see them.