"David LaCourse" wrote in message
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Went to my local fly shop today to get a line put on my 5 weight reel.
Asked the fellow behind the desk while the other guy was putting on my
line what the local trout have been hitting. He cryptically said "egg
patterns." Egg patterns? Huh. What fish spawn this time of the year in
these streams? Suckers? To early. What? Nothing spawns in these waters
this time of the year.

Hmmm. No spawn and yet the fish are hitting egg patterns? Sounds fishy
to me.

This afternoon Joanne and I were out shopping and stopped by this one
place. I noticed fish pellet machines - plop in a quarter and you get a
handfull of fish food to throw at the fish. They love it (both the
tourists and the fish). Hmmmmm. The pellets look like.......... wait for
it................ egg patterns.

Well, duh! Match the hatch, eh? Chances are they are hatchery fish to
boot. I guess the tourist fly fishermen must be appeased.

Dave


Last year, the local club stocked the river with brown trout. Just after
the stocking, while walking my dog, I tossed a smallpiece of dog food about
the sice of a baked been into the river only to see it instantly snatched by
a stockie which was probably conditioned to be fed by being thrown pellets
at the fishery. I rose several fish by lobbing in the dog food pellets and
one of the local kids even tried tying a deer hair pattern to copy the food.

I don't suppose the fish you're talking about are stocked, but that could be
one reason.

Bill