"Steve" wrote in message
om...
hi jen,
Many times with overlapping hatches....you'll have mayflies, caddis,
and anything else.....which often is the little "dessert" that the
trout ARE feeding on, the bugs that you have to really get close
to(scoop up) to see/identify...thus imitate.
What really helps is to learn what specific hatches populate that
particular streambed..and

sulfurs seem to be the type of hatch i see most frequently there- probably 3
out of five times i go out there, i'd say.



at that time of the season... Also, the
particular rise-forms will often give a hint as to just what the fish
are feeding on. Splashy= high-riding caddis or mayfly
duns....sub-surface bulges/rings= emerging mayfly nymphs/spent mayfly
spinners/caddis pupae....(for example).

excellent- i didn't know that.


Trout will always be looking
for food stuck in the surface film...so you don't always have to come
up with an exact imitation...getting a fly at the level where they're
feeding at will always get action, it may take time, but it will get
interest...

well, good to know i'm on the right track. one evening there was a sulfur
hatch, and i had earlier lost *my* sulfur, so i put an attracter on, and
tried to get it where the fish were. i figured that even if it didn't
"match" the hatch, one might gobble it up just for the simple reason that
they were in feeding mode. it got some attention, had a nice strike, but i
didn't set the hook in time. they still catch me of guard. seems they hit
my fly, and are off before i know they are there for me to set the hook.

thanks for the tips-
snakefiddler