What a finish to a beautiful day…
It was in the 80’s today, and our forecast is saying several more days of the same. I’ll take it! Jon and I went out on the lake last night, and right at dark there was a massive hatch of midges and the trout were jumping out of the water. It took me awhile to find what they wanted but finally I tied on a Foam PT Emerger and that was the fly. I had read that as a midge emerges it hangs suspended in the film and that’s when trout take them. That fly does just that.
The Connecticut River water flows are still great. Check out the links on the left for the current flows. The Trophy Stretch is fishing well. Jon guided last week and the top fly was a Soft Hackle Pheasant Tail as a dropper, behind a Tung Head PT. I also heard good things about Black Ghost.
Jon just got home from his drift on the Connecticut, and this is his report. On top, Flying Cinnamon Ants, down below, Olive Sculpzillas, and at the end of the day BWO’s in size 20. Eight fish landed and another ten hooked. They had a pretty good day. Now it’s time for a couple J & G.