Report For 3/25/12

[Idylwilde]

I fished the Blue Ribbon area from Baptist Camp to Parker Ford yesterday. The caddis were hatching and falling back on the surface pretty much all the way down. I started using a Chubby Scud and only had two cookie cutter browns take it. I switched to a #18 tan and olive Parachute Caddis dry and started catching several 15-16" browns. At times there were dozens of bugs floating along side the fly but the fish were not rising for anything. I also saw a couple stone fly nymphs on the edge of the shallow water. The Stone fly patterns are not something I depend on to take fish that are in that area. For the 4 hours spent on the water I had 7 fish on line. That's a slow day, but I also had anglers ahead of me with spin-cast rigs and walking the high banks. This tends to put the fish in a defencive mode and stuck to the bottom. I only saw one Brown that would be 3#. He was stuck to the bottom in the food riffle in deeper water and nothing seem to get him to move.

On the way back I found a hog hunter streamer in a tree If any of you guys lost it I have it at the fly shop just come in and you can pick it up. Nice looking streamer. Just tell me what size leader was tied to it.

[Nortrad]

I fished the Blue Ribbon area from Baptist Camp to Parker Ford yesterday. The caddis were hatching and falling back on the surface pretty much all the way down. I started using a Chubby Scud and only had two cookie cutter browns take it. I switched to a #18 tan and olive Parachute Caddis dry and started catching several 15-16" browns. At times there were dozens of bugs floating along side the fly but the fish were not rising for anything. I also saw a couple stone fly nymphs on the edge of the shallow water. The Stone fly patterns are not something I depend on to take fish that are in that area. For the 4 hours spent on the water I had 7 fish on line. That's a slow day, but I also had anglers ahead of me with spin-cast rigs and walking the high banks. This tends to put the fish in a defencive mode and stuck to the bottom. I only saw one Brown that would be 3#. He was stuck to the bottom in the food riffle in deeper water and nothing seem to get him to move.

On the way back I found a hog hunter streamer in a tree If any of you guys lost it I have it at the fly shop just come in and you can pick it up. Nice looking streamer. Just tell me what size leader was tied to it.

Uh, that's my streamer, not casted very well. Now everyone can copy it. It was tied on Maxima, can't remember the size. I was not watching my throw...

[Nortrad]

I fished the Blue Ribbon area from Baptist Camp to Parker Ford yesterday. The caddis were hatching and falling back on the surface pretty much all the way down. I started using a Chubby Scud and only had two cookie cutter browns take it. I switched to a #18 tan and olive Parachute Caddis dry and started catching several 15-16" browns. At times there were dozens of bugs floating along side the fly but the fish were not rising for anything. I also saw a couple stone fly nymphs on the edge of the shallow water. The Stone fly patterns are not something I depend on to take fish that are in that area. For the 4 hours spent on the water I had 7 fish on line. That's a slow day, but I also had anglers ahead of me with spin-cast rigs and walking the high banks. This tends to put the fish in a defencive mode and stuck to the bottom. I only saw one Brown that would be 3#. He was stuck to the bottom in the food riffle in deeper water and nothing seem to get him to move.

On the way back I found a hog hunter streamer in a tree If any of you guys lost it I have it at the fly shop just come in and you can pick it up. Nice looking streamer. Just tell me what size leader was tied to it.

Wool head needs work, not enough on top there. I can give out the recipe if you guys want it.

[Nortrad]

I fished the Blue Ribbon area from Baptist Camp to Parker Ford yesterday. The caddis were hatching and falling back on the surface pretty much all the way down. I started using a Chubby Scud and only had two cookie cutter browns take it. I switched to a #18 tan and olive Parachute Caddis dry and started catching several 15-16" browns. At times there were dozens of bugs floating along side the fly but the fish were not rising for anything. I also saw a couple stone fly nymphs on the edge of the shallow water. The Stone fly patterns are not something I depend on to take fish that are in that area. For the 4 hours spent on the water I had 7 fish on line. That's a slow day, but I also had anglers ahead of me with spin-cast rigs and walking the high banks. This tends to put the fish in a defencive mode and stuck to the bottom. I only saw one Brown that would be 3#. He was stuck to the bottom in the food riffle in deeper water and nothing seem to get him to move.

On the way back I found a hog hunter streamer in a tree If any of you guys lost it I have it at the fly shop just come in and you can pick it up. Nice looking streamer. Just tell me what size leader was tied to it.

I think I passed you on my way back upstream. I ran into the spin fishing guys. Same story as you, 6 fish in AM, 2 in PM, no big ones. Did land two in AM on big bugger flies.