Larry L wrote:
A thread or two below Hex hatches are mentioned with a note on micro-habitat

Although it's a 'doh' message, it still surprises some anglers that each
type of bug needs a certain type of habitat.

The most recent example that comes to mind was Brown Drakes ( like the Hex a
burrower ). The "word was out" and when I arrived for the last light
happening there were many anglers sitting and waiting on the bank.
Instead of that I got in, crossed over, ( I'd never met the hatch in this
exact area before ) and waded around until I found the right degree of silty
bottom and then staked my "claim." Sound travels well over water at times
and I heard a couple guys commenting that I was wasting my time so early,
but when the hatch started and I was dead center in the most bugs, I think a
few guys were ****ed and most simply didn't understand why their gravel/rock
bottom area wasn't getting much action.

I'll wager this was either at Silver Creek or Henry's Fork below Osborne
Bridge.

Those anglers sitting on the bank were waiting for the "hatch." A good
brown drake hatch on Silver Creek is something. There are so many big
spinners in the water, floating in the eddy pools, that the fish are
stuffed and they won't take. The action in the beginning of the hatch is
furious.

The really serious anglers stay on the water all night, picking off fish
that want their midnight snack after they've pooped away their first
brown drake pig-out.

Before the "hatch" starts, stripping a brown drake nymph to the surface
is the ticket. They're powerful swimmers.

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