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Rather than possibly hijack FISH2XTC's thread I thought I would start a new one.
When I moved out here I lost/threw away/misplaced my seine. I was never great at identifying the insects but at least I knew size, color and shape of whatever it was. I have yet to see someone else using a seine while on the river.
The question that this raises for me is " How do you determine what patterns to fish with on any given day?"
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i personally flip rocks and use what i see there
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Me too for the most part. But on rivers, I start off with a sow bug or a scud as they will always be there, and maybe a Black Woolly.
Dries are pretty easy to tell.
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+1 on the rock roll over. Also, just being very observant has been a huge key for me. I used to get to a body of water and tie on whatever has been sucessful before and away I went.
Now when I get to an area, I roll over a few rocks and just take a few minutes to observe what is going on. Is it sunny or cloudy? Do I see any surface activity going on? How clear is the water?
After that, it is basically is trial and error for me. If I am not catching fish, I will change things up.
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I usually start with a sow bug and a copper john. From there I observe whats going on around me. If I see big bugs(bigger than midges) coming off but no surface action i'll usually try emergers/pupa. Most of the time when I fish alone I will carry a second rod with a different setup on it so I dont have to re-tie if they start rising. If the fish arent rising usually have a streamer tied on my second rod to rip through a hole if I get no takers on my nymphs, or before!
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