Mother's Day Caddis Hatch
 

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Went fishing with pw and Mark yesterday. Had a damn good time and
put together some pics and a TR on my web site:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?S37721528


Thanks for the beautiful pics. Kristin loved them too.

I was talking to the mgr of Dan Bailey's yesterday. He floated the
day before us and tried to make the best of the whities. He thought
he caught about 80 on dries! I think Jeff could be your new best
friend g

Regardless if any one knows why most the trout aren't eating on top,
we sure did time that day right! Yesterday the wind was nasty (I
would have let you row then for sure! g). and today it was a
blinding snow storm almost all day, wind was gusting, and I think it
topped 34 degrees! About a 40 degree difference than yesterday!
That's living in the Rockies.

I wonder what this weather is going to do to the Caddis hatch?

Any way, it sure was a fun day and we need to do it again while the
caddis are still here (if we can), and when the Salmon Flies arrive
(if we can). The Yellowstone sure has come up a bunch today and is
greener.


-pw
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wrote...
Thanks for the beautiful pics. Kristin loved them too.

Glad you enjoyed them as much as I did. I find myself often putting
down my fly rod and taking up the camera. You had the oars so I was
able to get many more pictures than I usually do. I am still
learning the specifics of this camera and all of its functions, but
I figured out a few more "features" the day after the float that
would have been useful during the float. I look forward to the next
practical application.

I was talking to the mgr of Dan Bailey's yesterday. He floated the
day before us and tried to make the best of the whities. He thought
he caught about 80 on dries! I think Jeff could be your new best
friend g

Hey, I don't mind whities. But it sounds like Jeff should meet Jeff
Connely. He is the undisputed Rocky Mountain whitefish KING! I
have no idea how many rocky mountain bones I caught, but it was up
there. You saw how many I pulled out of that one hole after our
float. It was an obscene display of catching.....

Regardless if any one knows why most the trout aren't eating on top,
we sure did time that day right! Yesterday the wind was nasty (I
would have let you row then for sure! g). and today it was a
blinding snow storm almost all day, wind was gusting, and I think it
topped 34 degrees! About a 40 degree difference than yesterday!
That's living in the Rockies.

I agree. It is *still* snowing out here at my house. It may have
quit in town, but being up against the mountains brings us more
precip than town. To tell you the truth, I was baking the other day
on the float. This change in weather is much more soothing to my
Nordic roots. Plus we really can use the precip.

I wonder what this weather is going to do to the Caddis hatch?

My guess is that it most definitely will. The wind will drive them
off the river, the snow will drop most of the already hatched and
the cool weather will slow down the hatch. It is much the same as
the hatch last year on the Maddy but with snow. I have a feeling
that the snow will be very detrimental to the adult population that
has already emerged from the river and that an entire "swarm" of
them are as good as dead before having a chance to do their egg
laying. I am very curious to prove my suspicions and will take a
trip out to the Maddy tomorrow.

Any way, it sure was a fun day and we need to do it again while the
caddis are still here (if we can), and when the Salmon Flies arrive
(if we can). The Yellowstone sure has come up a bunch today and is
greener.

The Gallatin and Yellowstone will most likely feel the effects of
the recent precip much more than the lower Madison, if there is any
effect. The ground on this side of the hill has been sucking up the
moisture just as fast as the snow melts so there has actually been
very little in terms of runoff. The hatch was just getting started
over here so perhaps it will still peak after this bout of bad
(actually GOOD) weather passes. Regardless, I plan on being there
to find out. BTW, keep your eyes open for my key chain over at your
spot where we wade fished. It still has turned up on this side of
the hill.
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Warren
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In pw wrote:

Yesterday the wind was nasty (I
would have let you row then for sure! g). and today it was a
blinding snow storm almost all day, wind was gusting, and I think it
topped 34 degrees! About a 40 degree difference than yesterday!
That's living in the Rockies.

Aw, that ain't nothin'... Yesterday, Fargo ND hit 91F
sometime in the afternoon, and by 10:00PM, the temp had
dropped to 38F. 53 degrees in less than 12 hours. :-)
That's living in ND! :-) Didn't get the blinding snow,
though (although the moisture would have been *most*
welcome).

Todd (remove hook to reply)

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wrote...
Well, I don't see any caddis flying around today and the river is mud
and up. Oh well. Still have hopes. Just feel sorry for my neighbors
relatives coming out here on the 7th to fish the Mother's Day Caddis
Hatch! Silly people. It wasn't named that because of the
Yellowstone!


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wrote...
wrote...
Well, I don't see any caddis flying around today and the river is mud
and up. Oh well. Still have hopes. Just feel sorry for my neighbors
relatives coming out here on the 7th to fish the Mother's Day Caddis
Hatch! Silly people. It wasn't named that because of the
Yellowstone!

Pretty much the same story for the Madison today. There were still
a few bugs out, but very few on the water or flying around. The
ones I saw were pretty much clinging to brush along the banks and
didn't look very active. It made it easy to get pics of them
though. :-) Towards the end of the day, a few started flying
around, but it was a small percentage of what I saw along the banks
and there were only a few near the water.

http://home.earthlink.net/~troutbum_mt/madisoncaddis/

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Warren
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wrote...
wrote...
Well, I don't see any caddis flying around today and the river is mud
and up. Oh well. Still have hopes. Just feel sorry for my neighbors
relatives coming out here on the 7th to fish the Mother's Day Caddis
Hatch! Silly people. It wasn't named that because of the
Yellowstone!

Pretty much the same story for the Madison today. There were still
a few bugs out, but very few on the water or flying around. The
ones I saw were pretty much clinging to brush along the banks and
didn't look very active. It made it easy to get pics of them
though. :-) Towards the end of the day, a few started flying
around, but it was a small percentage of what I saw along the banks
and there were only a few near the water.

http://home.earthlink.net/~troutbum_mt/madisoncaddis/

I hate this time of the year around here! If I could afford it, I
would spend May and June somewhere else!



-pw
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HI Paul and Warren,
What a good day on the Mo and no whitefish. Come on up ! MT

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damn!! if only we had such bugs on our little streams. makes me admire
the work ethic of our little trout... they'd be hedonists if bugs like
yours were plentiful in our waters...

jeff

Warren wrote:


Pretty much the same story for the Madison today. There were still
a few bugs out, but very few on the water or flying around. The
ones I saw were pretty much clinging to brush along the banks and
didn't look very active. It made it easy to get pics of them
though. :-) Towards the end of the day, a few started flying
around, but it was a small percentage of what I saw along the banks
and there were only a few near the water.

http://home.earthlink.net/~troutbum_mt/madisoncaddis/

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Warren
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Warren wrote in news:MPG.1af88a69fda174fc989690
@News.individual.de:

Went fishing with pw and Mark yesterday. Had a damn good time and
put together some pics and a TR on my web site:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?S37721528
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Warren
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Thanks for that Warren! Lovely place!


Steve