"BlackOtter" wrote in message
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I live in south central (slightly to the east) Montana and the March
Browns are about ready to start hatching. Actually, I've heard some
already have. But around here, this is the first big mayfly hatch of
the year and really kicks in towards the end of March or early April.

But I was lamenting to a friend about how the dry fly fishing for those
is fairly unproductive and those that you do catch are usually dinks.
He commented that has been his experience too.

It's not until the caddis (Mother's Day hatch) starts to come off that
you really start getting a lot of good surface action.

I was just wondering if there were other areas where the March Brown
provides good dry fly fishing.

It took me awhile to realize (being from the Northeast) there is such a
thing as a Western March Brown. The March Browns, at least in New York.
provided excellent dry fly fishing at times.