12-20-2015, 04:47 PM
[quote Fishin_Fool78]I fished from 2:30-4:00 today and caught one brown on a black simi seal. There were others surfacing in there. Fun stuff!![/quote]
Surfacing activity usually means one of two things this time of year; brown trout breach a lot when spawning, or fish rising to hatching midges. The latter are quite catchable and are usually picking midge pupae off just under the surface.
These patterns have all been working well for me over the past several weeks.
#20 Jujubee - black (I carry quite a few of these in different colors... just snatch a midge out of the air and "match the hatch")
![[Image: Jujubee_blk_20_zpsq1ix0sf0.jpg]](http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m53/jdizz66/Jujubee_blk_20_zpsq1ix0sf0.jpg)
#16 Pure Midge Larva - red
![[Image: Midge%20Larva_zpsom9vl6kl.jpg]](http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m53/jdizz66/Midge%20Larva_zpsom9vl6kl.jpg)
#18 Zebra Midge
![[Image: MIDGE_Zebra%20Midge_zpsda9as128.jpg]](http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m53/jdizz66/MIDGE_Zebra%20Midge_zpsda9as128.jpg)
#22 Super Pupa - olive
![[Image: MIDGE_olive%20pupa_zpsmakjafux.jpg]](http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m53/jdizz66/MIDGE_olive%20pupa_zpsmakjafux.jpg)
#20 Baetis Micro-emerger
![[Image: zz_Micro-emerger_zpsuooilss5.jpg]](http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m53/jdizz66/zz_Micro-emerger_zpsuooilss5.jpg)
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Surfacing activity usually means one of two things this time of year; brown trout breach a lot when spawning, or fish rising to hatching midges. The latter are quite catchable and are usually picking midge pupae off just under the surface.
These patterns have all been working well for me over the past several weeks.
#20 Jujubee - black (I carry quite a few of these in different colors... just snatch a midge out of the air and "match the hatch")
#16 Pure Midge Larva - red
#18 Zebra Midge
#22 Super Pupa - olive
#20 Baetis Micro-emerger
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