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Somebody who fishes the North Fork a lot will hopefully chime in, but in general, if the water is a little high and murky streamers can be terrific.  Low and clear, not so much unless it's a dark day...at least that's been my experience both on Missouri trout streams and Western ones.  Since the water is often a little high and murky in the spring, I'd not hesitate to fling streamers on the North Fork in those conditions.

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Brown trout love them. Mostly and early or late thing unless the water is up. There are more brown trout between the Falls and Dawt Mill than there are above the Falls. April & May is usually a good time to fish that river before the summer hordes invade. BTW, Sunburst Ranch re-opened up for camping on April 1st!

 

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Why would that river be different than another river? I guess I've never fished where streamers wouldn't work. Usually my go to bait on all but the tiniest streams.

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15 minutes ago, Al Agnew said:

Streamers are always hit or miss for me,

I think hatch matching may be what makes it a hit or a miss. If the water has no leeches, no shiners, no sculpin , no crayfish, no tadpoles or minnows at a particular moment; then I would guess those imitations would not work well. Low light conditions may be when the prey are most active and thus when those patterns work best.

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