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By Tom Meade  Email this author | Email this entry |
``The water on the Wood River warmed up a little, from 51 to 52 degrees this week,’’ reports Ed Lombardo in an email. ``In some larger pools, the water registered even higher in temperature, 53 to 54 degrees. As a result of these higher temperatures, hatches of Black Quill, Mahogany Dun and Tan Caddis are the heaviest I’ve seen in years.
``Trout where coming up to Black Quills (Leptophlebia cupida) in size # 14's & #12's. These hatches will start late morning to early afternoon; say 10:30 to 3 p.m. I like using a gray soft hackle dry in a size #14 to imitate the dun and also a floating nymph of the same size. My floating nymph is just a dark brown nymph that looks very much like the pattern of the Hendrickson, and I will treat it with fly flloatant and fish it like I would a dry fly, right on top. I have also had great success with a CDC Emerger in a size #14. That is tied with a tail of Antron or Zelon in brown, a body of burgundy rabbit fur, and a short emerger wing of gray CDC. I then finish with more dubbing in front of the wing. That's it. Later in the day, say around 4:30 or 5 p.m., I fish my orange spinner pattern or a standard rusty spinner pattern.
``I also saw a larger midge. An size #18 soft hackle or a parachute dry fly that is gray and light olive will imitate it well.’’
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Come to New Zealand if you want the trout fishing of your life. I'm a Jamestowner and have lived in New Zealand for 30 plus years.That's all the fishing I do here, Trout, both fly and troll. Next time I get the chance I'll send some pictures of them. I mostly catch and release.
I do some Striper fishng when I get back to Jamestown. A good freind of mine does a lot of Striper fishing there. Joe Texeria. He may be on the Jamestown Striper Club Commitee.
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