Fine day April 5th

[RF McDoogal]

First time to fish down stream from the railroad bridge. They were liking a #16 Copper John. Saw an occasional March Brown hatch off in the afternoon. Late afternoon there was some surface action. fish were keying on some kind of micro midge. too small for me to see! A beautiful day. 

[trythisonemv]

On 4/10/2019 at 7:50 PM, RF McDoogal said:

First time to fish down stream from the railroad bridge. They were liking a #16 Copper John. Saw an occasional March Brown hatch off in the afternoon. Late afternoon there was some surface action. fish were keying on some kind of micro midge. too small for me to see! A beautiful day. 

They love those tiny midges down there. Surprised you didnt see any caddis or Dobson flies yet. Ive wasted at least ten hours trying to catch those fish that are keyed in on those stupid midges. Once on a while they will hit a griffiths gnat 

[RF McDoogal]

I was tempted but I couldn't figure out what to throw. I love Crane Creek but I don't get down there often enough. My only frame of reference on the caddis hatch was on a cloudy warm and humid day in March many years ago. It was on the verge of raining all day long with almost no wind. I was fishing the middle section and the trout were blasting three feet out of the water chasing the emerging caddis. It was quite a show. I don't know if that was a fluke or normal for Crane. I know some bugs won't hatch if it's sunny.