On Nov 11, 8:20 am, Tim Lysyk wrote:
BJ Conner wrote:

Thanks again for the thoughtfullness. I answered his question with a
question and a link. The link was to page on Madam X.
How do you think they will work on the Bow?

I live about 120 miles south of Calgary. I don't fish the Bow much, but
last time I was there were used a pattern called Whitlock Hopper which
was a more natural imitation of the hoppers. The explanation was that
the fish see a lot of flies, and go more for the naturals. This was some
time ago. The Whitlock hopper can be seen athttp://www.westfly.com/patterns/dry/whitlockhopper.shtml

Less heavily fished streams in southern Alberta and southeastern BC are
where I have used the Madam X, and it worked well.

Tim Lysyk

That was a great link. I especially like the "how to fish" info.
That would apply to any hopper pattern. I really liked the tip on
casting into a bank and letting it bounce into the river. I'll bet
that would be pretty effective. I'll copy and paste that info here in
case it would be helpful for other newbies like me:

"How to Fish
Dress the fly with floatant and use standard dry fly presentations. On
small streams, you can fish a hopper anywhere in the river, but on
larger flows you will do best to present the fly right next to the
bank. On larger rivers, the best places to cast are along the margins,
no more than 15 feet from the bank, and often only inches from the
bank. Unless you're fishing from a boat, you may find it works best to
wade into the river and cast back to the bank.

One effective tactic is to cast so the fly hits shoreside grass, then
lands in the river with a distinct plop. This mimics the natural
insect. To further imitate natural behavior, give the fly an
occasional twitch as it drifts."