Trip report 9-11

[trythisonemv]

Water is low and clear down there.  Had to do a lot of walking to find pools and pockets big enough to stay out of sight. Stealth was entirely the key this  trip. I used ten foot leader with eighteen inch 7x tippet and stood as far from my targets as possible. Sight casting to wild rainbows is a blast and sure made for some challenging casts. Big pools with current were the main hang outs. I would cast the current seams then move on to the edges of the pools as they sweep aroundthe dirt bank.  One spot yielded 8 fish on the cricket. Systematically dissected the pool and subsequent riffle making accurate casts where I could see fish. Another pool was filled with roaming trout munching bwo and midges.  Tied on a mosquito here and managed a few smaller and then went soft hackle dry fly and wrangled a better one from the outskirts of the pool. There were some bruisers in that pool that took looks but did not commit. Caddis picked up some dinks in the shallow long runs. With the cricket today I had great success. Size ten cricket with size twenty pheasant tail dropper. The dropper was most affective when the cricket got a good drift from run to the eddies of the pools. Also had several nice fish in the stream flats under tree root wads on the cricket. Bounce the cricket off the tree or surrounding bank and fish on. Again long leader and heron like stealth were key. Crane is such a great place to practice patience and the study before casting method. All in all solid day. Few monsters lurking down there that I think will need some evening attention to get on the flyrod....

[ColdWaterFshr]

Nice report.  Would love to see a picture of your cricket pattern.  Would like to add crickets to the mix of my usual hoppers and stimulators.

 

[trythisonemv]

  On 9/12/2017 at 1:34 PM, ColdWaterFshr said:

Nice report.  Would love to see a picture of your cricket pattern.  Would like to add crickets to the mix of my usual hoppers and stimulators.

 

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Ill get one up tonight or tomorrow

[Dkman]

Thanks for the report. I have not had much luck myself on dry flies there. Probably more of my lack of presentation.

[trythisonemv]

  On 9/13/2017 at 4:16 PM, Dkman said:

Thanks for the report. I have not had much luck myself on dry flies there. Probably more of my lack of presentation.

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the  first few times I tried dries I didn't have great deal of luck but you are right on presentation. .. Long leader over bushes and long casts have been the trick.

[Dkman]

Thanks, I look forward to trying next time down

[trythisonemv]

  On 9/12/2017 at 1:34 PM, ColdWaterFshr said:

Nice report.  Would love to see a picture of your cricket pattern.  Would like to add crickets to the mix of my usual hoppers and stimulators.

 

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Good look at the hopper in action... 😎

[trythisonemv]

Black craft foam body and elk hair for under wing. Use camo centipede legs in small.  utc  in rusty to tie it together.  Very simple and fast to tie. I sally Hanson the crap out of the wraps and over wing for durability. Lots of elk hair for under wing makes it come to life inwater. The body is dubbed with hairs mask over foam and thread . 

[trythisonemv]

[Dkman]

Thanks for the cricket pic! Looks great!