Well got out for a brief time this afternoon on my favorite New Jersey spring creek. The water was a nice 47f. I started out with the U.V. High Test Hares Ear. I got into a small wild brown right away. The feisty fella didn't let me get a pic. As I stood back up, I saw a rise, and then another. So I quickly tied on a olive dun, as I did notice an olive on the water. I watched it come down the current seem from the riffle and gulp. I made my first drift, nope. My next cast put the fly right next to the bank. It drifted slowly and then, gulp. A nice little wild brown had taken the fly. A quick pic and thank you and a way he went. I moved up into the next run and sure enough more fish were rising. I managed several trout in this run and few in the next run. I had to pick my daughter up from school so away I went. With "more than four" I was satisfied, having good success with the dry fly in February.
Johnny..Hey can we get a tutorial of this dry fly you used? Or some pics of it? Or did i overlook this pattern when you posted it up?
ReplyDeleteSteve- I have been using some of these http://www.utahsflycorner.com/2011/10/olive-dun-video.html. I also have been testing out a different tie. I will be doing a post on this bwo dun very soon. Video will also be along with the tutorial.
DeleteJU, Those closeups of the trout with the fly are awesome.
ReplyDeleteAlen, Thank you. I like them a lot also. I like to try and show that the flies I feature here in the fly corner are effective flies.
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