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Spent all day on the South Fork today. Nothing was happenen' on the surface, so I kicked -netted a few times to see what was on the bottom. Very few super small may flies and a couple of olive caddis larva. Tried nymphing and wets, one small (8") was the only fish of the day. Did see other fish taking something subsurface but couldn't coax a hit from them. Tried hares's ears, caddis in both green and rust, brassies, scuds, yellow and partridge, light cahill wet, and a ginger wingless. After 6 hours and 6 lost flies I decided I suck at fishing and went home. I've only been nymphing since March, so the stuff I learned today will go in my fishing jounal and maybe someday my dreams (hallucinations?) of catching lots of fish will happen.
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Keep at it, it will happen. I like to use a 18 or 20 mosquito on the south fork for those days when the fish are selective.
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Size matters on the S. Fork. I do really well with size 18 hares hears, copper john's (really good up there), pheasant tails. Size 16 prince nymph does well. I have yanked some out with a size 10 lava lace stone in tan and black (in the fall and good in february) and a size 20 zebra midge in black, olive and green. Red seems to work well there to. Try a size 18 or 20 cherry drop and see what happens. Also, try RS2, WD-40, or a size 16 caddis emerger that work well in the evening.
Another thing, through the summer a lot of tubers come down the river, concentrate on the sides of the river, under the brush. If you have any other questions PM me and I will be glad to help.
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i was up there last night as well, did well on top with a size 16 grey caddis and a size 16 olive caddis. missed close to a dozen on top, need to work out the rust...caught a couple splake, but i couldn't seem to net the nice ones. i had 3 break me clean, it was fun but frustrating!!!
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