06-22-2020, 10:51 PM
Strong bite continues at Strawberry... water temps still in the mid-50s and the Cutt's are hunting shallow and fired up! Got into my backing 4 times this morning before calling it quits at 11:30.
Kicked off of shore at 5:40a and it was on right off the bat casting Denny's Stillwater Bug on a floating line. Moving flies a bit faster now to turn the trick... (quickly) strip-2-3-4, strip-2-3-4, etc.
Trolling a 2-fly combo of Carey's Special and Tequila Booby between locations ended up accounting for most of the fish - including all of the Rainbows.
Chironomid hatch wasn't super heavy this morning, but egg-laying adults and hatching pupae still driving the activity along with what appeared to be some kind of micro-caddis.
Around 10:30-11:00 the Callibaetis nymphs started bobbing to the surface and duns were on the water. Fairly concentrated activity but didn't seem to ignite the fish which surprised me. Maybe the dawn bite was so intense that the fish burned themselves out by the time the mayflies showed up?
11:30a I was tired of fighting wind and the bite faded so I packed it in.
Kicked off of shore at 5:40a and it was on right off the bat casting Denny's Stillwater Bug on a floating line. Moving flies a bit faster now to turn the trick... (quickly) strip-2-3-4, strip-2-3-4, etc.
Trolling a 2-fly combo of Carey's Special and Tequila Booby between locations ended up accounting for most of the fish - including all of the Rainbows.
Chironomid hatch wasn't super heavy this morning, but egg-laying adults and hatching pupae still driving the activity along with what appeared to be some kind of micro-caddis.
Around 10:30-11:00 the Callibaetis nymphs started bobbing to the surface and duns were on the water. Fairly concentrated activity but didn't seem to ignite the fish which surprised me. Maybe the dawn bite was so intense that the fish burned themselves out by the time the mayflies showed up?
11:30a I was tired of fighting wind and the bite faded so I packed it in.
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