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Mayflies at Little Dell - Joe_Dizzy - 06-09-2016 Beautiful calm morning at Little Dell... perfect conditions for a Callibaetis hatch. And they showed up around 8:30... hatching sporadically over the next 2+ hours. Fish seemed torn between them and the always-dependable Chironomids. It was tough sledding under those conditions once the sun got up. Then the breeze kicked up, the chop came, and the fish became less shy. [signature] Re: [Joe_Dizzy] Mayflies at Little Dell - remo_5_0 - 06-09-2016 Looks like a good day, what was the hot bug? [signature] Re: [Joe_Dizzy] Mayflies at Little Dell - downed_Phly - 06-10-2016 Man, BEAUTIFUL shots. That middle one of the mayfly is magazine quality. I have fished Little Dell off and on for close to 20 years, and I have rarely taken a fish on the top water. Well done. [signature] Re: [remo_5_0] Mayflies at Little Dell - Joe_Dizzy - 06-11-2016 [quote remo_5_0] Looks like a good day, what was the hot bug? [/quote] When conditions went calm and the mayflies were hatching, Denny's Callibaetis Nymph on a short strip/pause retrieve was working. Killer pattern wherever these insects are present. https://youtu.be/AgH_bacABjE [signature] Re: [downed_Phly] Mayflies at Little Dell - Joe_Dizzy - 06-11-2016 [quote downed_Phly] Man, BEAUTIFUL shots. That middle one of the mayfly is magazine quality. I have fished Little Dell off and on for close to 20 years, and I have rarely taken a fish on the top water. Well done. [/quote] Thanks. That was the best of about two dozen macro shots of mayflies drifting by. [] My best dry fly for lakes has been a Comparadun Sparkle Dun in sizes 12-16. [signature]