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LMF Flies for the Fall
What I've seen the usual fly selection for fall is holding true. Fish are rising well into the day and you can match the hatch in zone 2 until they generate.
Right now very small white/cream mayfly and caddis patterns will produce. Watch the way the fish are rising to determine what fly to use. More than likely you will come across a pod of fish where each fish might be rising to a different "lifecycle" of the insect hatching. It's a very fun time to fish right now. Small olive/yellow midges are coming off as well.
I would also venture a guess that a shad dump will occure within the next 2 months so have some black nose dace in your fly box just in case. A shad dump can really screw up the dry fly fishing and when that happens very very early morning fishing is the best time.
There is one other strange insect that has been very prolific in zone 2. I'm not sure what it is, but it looks to be some type of common fly. It looks like a house fly but much smaller and will buzz around you relentlessly while you are fishing. Don't worry they don't bite or at least I haven't been bitten and I never wear insect repellent. Take some size 20-16 griffiths gnats to match this "hatch". If you can't get any takers on mayflies, caddis, or midges the fish just might be sipping these bugs. It's saved the day for me more than once.
Hope this helps!
Mike B.
What I've seen the usual fly selection for fall is holding true. Fish are rising well into the day and you can match the hatch in zone 2 until they generate.
Right now very small white/cream mayfly and caddis patterns will produce. Watch the way the fish are rising to determine what fly to use. More than likely you will come across a pod of fish where each fish might be rising to a different "lifecycle" of the insect hatching. It's a very fun time to fish right now. Small olive/yellow midges are coming off as well.
I would also venture a guess that a shad dump will occure within the next 2 months so have some black nose dace in your fly box just in case. A shad dump can really screw up the dry fly fishing and when that happens very very early morning fishing is the best time.
There is one other strange insect that has been very prolific in zone 2. I'm not sure what it is, but it looks to be some type of common fly. It looks like a house fly but much smaller and will buzz around you relentlessly while you are fishing. Don't worry they don't bite or at least I haven't been bitten and I never wear insect repellent. Take some size 20-16 griffiths gnats to match this "hatch". If you can't get any takers on mayflies, caddis, or midges the fish just might be sipping these bugs. It's saved the day for me more than once.
Hope this helps!
Mike B.
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