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should have said i was in maine, USA

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"Sprattoo" wrote in message
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Tonight I took a trip down to the Saco River in Buxton.
I paddled up to what looked like a great hole, anchored and everything was
going great!

I saw a BIG fish swirl the surface. I'm thinking it was a 4+ lb trout or a
big ol' Salmon. I had shiners... which yielded a couple yellow perch. I
started throwing flies. The fish weren't jumping .. just swirling the
surface, rising its back up out of the water. There were some smaller ones
as well.. looked like a spotted dorsal.. probably trout. (browns I guess)

The water I was in was moving pretty good off to one side.. but this bit
was behind a small island.. I was sort of in a swirl.

I tossed in a pheasant tail nymph.. right on to their rise.... a few
times. I tried a stonefly nymph (even though seemed a little early in the
season), A black ghost. a golden kaufman stone with bead head, I tried a
red humpy, royal wulff, blue Dun (ext body dry), and an adams parachute.
All on top of the swirls, or near them. These big ol fish were feeding...
but I could figure out what.
It was a bit breezy and chilly, I couldn't see any insect above water
hatching.

Any ideas on what pattern i might try this time of year for this
situation? I REALLY want one of those monsters down there.


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"Sprattoo" wrote in message
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I tossed in a pheasant tail nymph.. right on to their rise....

There's the problem right there. I'll come fish with you this summer (I'm
also a Mainer) and set ya to rights.

--riverman

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"riverman" wrote in message ...

"Sprattoo" wrote in message
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I tossed in a pheasant tail nymph.. right on to their rise....

There's the problem right there. I'll come fish with you this summer (I'm
also a Mainer) and set ya to rights.

--riverman


well that sounds good just pop me an email... but even not casting on top of
a rise.... I threw so many flies in the water it seems ONE of those fish
should have made a mistake!
I took a fine net down today and found wee bitty mayfly nymphs I think and
some little grey/whitish nymphs clinging to the rocks. i had some little sz
16 hooks and poppeed on a plastic bead head with white thread.. A reasonable
match actually. and did a similar with the mayfly nymphs. still nothing.

One guy nearby me here said he got some of them on worms....... I tried that
.... but not to the same success... wondering if he did something different
or was just full of it.


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