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Sunday July 25, 2010 03:59 PM |
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Midges, Blue Wing Olives,
Streamers |
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Red thread
midge larva 18-22, thread bodied Midge pupa in
brown and cream, try adding some flash. Keep
patterns spase.
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Check out Jude Duran's site at www.cusomflys.com
for up to date fishing reports and secret weapon
flies. Jude has spent most of his life fishing and
guiding on this river and has an intimate
relationship with it! It is
the last of summer where there are very few bugs
for the fish to eat other than midges. The good
news is that there are midges coming off all day
long. I know they are very small and almost
impossible to tie on your line but this is what
the fish are eating. It is about the same for the
whole length of quality water. I have had some
success with size 22 midges but if you go down to
size 24 or 26 you will notice an increase in
strikes. I have been fishing 6X fluorocarbon with
success so stay away from the 7X or 8X which will
leave most of your flies in the fish when you
break them off. All kinds of colors have been
working as long as you keep them small. In the
last week we have caught fish on grey, olive,
brown, black, cream and red midges tied in all
kinds of ways. Don’t make them with lots of
material, the actual insect is not any bigger than
the hook. Most of the time it is smaller! Keep
changing your flies when the fish stop eating
them, they seem to be looking for anything a
little different than what they have been seeing.
Your rig and drift are the most important part of
your day. Many fish are in the shallow slow water
so use small weights, 8’s or 9’s, and put your
indicator about 2 feet above the weight so you are
running your bugs in front of there faces. Never
ever let the fish see your flies drag! If you do
they are much less likely to eat them. Be sneaky
and you should have a great day. The fall is
coming and we will see more insects in the
upcoming weeks |
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