Comments on: Nice Evening Activity!!! https://www.horseshoebarpreserve.com/fly-fishing-american-river/nice-evening-activity/ Fly Fishing on the American River Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:53:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: dhnaves https://www.horseshoebarpreserve.com/fly-fishing-american-river/nice-evening-activity/#comment-165 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:53:15 +0000 http://www.horseshoebarpreserve.com/fly-fishing-american-river/?p=867#comment-165 Why am I sitting in front of my computer instead of down at HBP catching fish like you guys?

=)

#soon,
//Dave

]]> By: cosmo https://www.horseshoebarpreserve.com/fly-fishing-american-river/nice-evening-activity/#comment-164 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:51:57 +0000 http://www.horseshoebarpreserve.com/fly-fishing-american-river/?p=867#comment-164 I’ve had the opportunity to fish the lower stretches of the Middle Fork (Mammoth Bar, Driver’s Flat and the Confluence) during the week for the last month or so. Up until this past week that is. So, I’ve had a pretty good idea of what’s been hatching, and subsequently, what to bring to the club to use on the weekend. Four weeks ago it was PMDs. But the fish would only take emergers or the occasional dry of various styles. Starting three weeks ago the fish became very selective and would only either take a PMD emerger or PMD Thorax. Two weeks ago it was only PMD emerger or PMD Hairwing Dun. This past weekend, however, I was fishing without the benefit of the mid-week recon, and was surprised to find almost nothing hatching except size 20-22 light-colored BWOs. The fish would take nothing but duns. I had one size 20 or smaller PT nymph, but that got nothing, though it should have been a decent facsimile of a BWO nymph. I also had one small size 18 PMD cripple, which caught a few and saved the day — until I heard a rise just feet from me, looked away mid-cast and stuck the fly it into a tree. Argh!
Cosmo

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