Fly Fishing

waterwhippa · Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:43 pm Post subject: Favorite Hatch: What & Where?

Now that the dead of winter has most of the nation in an icy death grip, naturally are minds are wandering to that special place, where we slay plump trout with surface offerings. I'm not asking for GPS coordinates, just what you feel comfortable sharing. I have to go with:

Upper Delaware River
March Brown

Shaq · Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:07 pm Post subject:

hey whip, right river, wrong hatch.....Green Drakes hands down. Can't catch them every year no matter how hard you try and when the fish are grabbing the tails and sucking them under....maddening.

jeremy · Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 11:11 pm Post subject: hex

i don't do much still water fly fishing ... BUT ... when the hex's are coming off here in maine at XYZ brook trout pond(s) that my friend boz takes me to .... it is pure nirvana ...... bugs, the size of small birds fly out of the water and the small ponds start boiling with native maine brook trout of all sizes ......

MarshallD · Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:42 am Post subject:

Jeremy, remember!

Zebra Caddis July Kennebec River Bingham

Stone Fly September East Outlet Kennebec River

Hendrickson June Shawmut Tailwater

Boz · Newbie Joined: Oct 16, 2005 Posts: 71 Location: Portland

Caddis in June on the West Branch of the Penobscot.

Hendricksons on the Rapid in May.

Hexes all over the Northwoods Ponds Try Round Pond... Very Happy

Salmonflys and Stones on the Branch...and watching Jeremy throw a chicken size fly and seeing fish nail it...hilarious!

waterwhippa · Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:38 am Post subject:

Ahhh.....the Meatball....(aka Sofa pillow).....that was hysterical. I still can't believe they were hammering that god awful thing.

chromefinder · Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 11:19 am Post subject:

streams of Northern California - Pteronarcys californica "salmonfly" Mid May thru early June

from Central PA to the Catskills of NY:
Hendrickson
Eastern Green Drake
Sulphur
Isonychia

Lake Ontario Tribs - annual fall Egg hatch

SageDS2 · Newbie Joined: Oct 18, 2006 Posts: 17

White Flies on the yellow Breeches, hands down.

colehatch · Newbie Joined: Jan 08, 2007 Posts: 32

Hex and big fish at dusk with a good friend and a cigar is hard to beat.