"Danl" danlfinn@*remove this*intergate.com wrote in message
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For those that may have fished eastern and western streams, do you use
markedly different patterns for PMDs and/or sulphurs depending on region?
What about northeast vs southeast (i.e. Penns vs Smokies)?

Danl


Guessin' your talkin' dries? Cause if you were talkin' nymphs I think the
sulphur nymphs work quite efficiently any all areas, as do pheasant tails,
at least the three areas you mentioned. As for the dries, I think the color
does make a big difference. Even between Penn's and Big Fishing Creek,
which are only a couple valleys apart in PA, you will see enough variation
to make a difference when fishing.

I think the distinction may be in the fish themselves. If we looking at
fish in primarily clear spring water, which get fished over consistently, I
think they are more apt to key an exact shades whereas fish in small, clear
mountain stream, might take anything that resembles life.

One thing that surprised me out West during the Western claves were the fish
in the Yellowstone River. For a place that has a long closed season, and
full of cutts, you would think they would be easier than the Madison, but
daaamn those fish were aaaaasssssholes....

So ya coming out for our clave this year?

THE Finn...