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[flyrodman]

Arrived at the spring at 8:20 AM and by the time I had rigged up my Dad's rod my brother already had a fish on. Miracle Flies ruled the first 30 minutes of fishing and then the wind picked up and the fishing slowed for 2 hours until a hatch started. I don't know what they were. They were small, about size 18-22 and were cream-tan in color. Can someone make a guess on what there were? Anyway, I threw midges and midge emergers at them but only 5 fish to show for an hour of fishing. The rest of the fish were caught on Miracle Flies, Soft Hackles, and some caddis nymphs I tied. I ended the day at 2:30 for a total of 17 fish. The last 4 fish were caught in the last 10 minutes by the dam on a pink Miracle Fly with a medium sized split shot 6 ft. below a thingamabobber. All in all, I had fun despite frozen fingers, howling winds, and a faulty spool of 7x Rio Powerflex.

[fishinwrench]

The old timers call them "celery flys" but they are actually just a pale olive baetis mayfly. A #22 X-caddis dry is a dead ringer (I'll let ya experiment with body colors yourself though), and a #18 primrose pearl midge fished 2' under the surface does a pretty good job on the fish that don't wanna stick their noses out if the water. They hatch the thickest around the weedbeds.

[laker67]

The old timers call them "celery flys" but they are actually just a pale olive baetis mayfly. A #22 X-caddis dry is a dead ringer (I'll let ya experiment with body colors yourself though), and a #18 primrose pearl midge fished 2' under the surface does a pretty good job on the fish that don't wanna stick their noses out if the water. They hatch the thickest around the weedbeds.

Good call FW. They were thick in the air about 2 sundays ago. I would have never guessed they were mayfly's untill one lit on my hand.

[flyrodman]

The old timers call them "celery flys" but they are actually just a pale olive baetis mayfly. A #22 X-caddis dry is a dead ringer (I'll let ya experiment with body colors yourself though), and a #18 primrose pearl midge fished 2' under the surface does a pretty good job on the fish that don't wanna stick their noses out if the water. They hatch the thickest around the weedbeds.

The action was the hottest in the weedbeds. There were a few that were taking the flies out in the current but not as many as the weedbed. Thanks for the identification of the flies!