Quick Trip Over to the "Mayfly" River

Took the 45 minute drive to the "Mayfly" this morning. The same river
that Joel, Jeff, Wolfgang and I fished during the infamous "Traveling
Clave".

Started out pretty slow. Eventually I began to take a few fish on a
#12 Pass Lake wet. Worked pretty well (Better than any of the other
flies I hung off it as droppers.). Few hatches until the last 45
minutes before I had to leave to be home to pick up Mason from school
(which came as no surprise). Then I was presented first with a flurry
of small tan caddis, the a few Hendricksons, then the Hendricksons
were joined by some mini-Hendricksons (same body and wing color, just
2 hook sizes smaller) and they both were joined, just as I was wading
off the river, by a small (#18 ) dark bodied, yellow legged mayfly
which I can't remember seeing before. Fished the last half hour with a
tan #16 Klinkhamer. Lots of spalshy refusals but enough solid takes to
keep from taking it off to look for something better. It was good to
be back on my foundational river and to see it live up to its
nickname, for at least the last 30 minutes.

http://fishskicanoe.tripod.com/geopi...passlake2a.JPG
Brook Trout and Pass Lake. Wonder what that line of spots do under its
eye?

http://fishskicanoe.tripod.com/geopi...oritespot2.JPG
My favorite stretch. Wonderful place to be during the March Brown/
Grey Fox hatch.

http://fishskicanoe.tripod.com/geopi...threetrees.jpg
There used to be only one leaning tree here when Wolfie and I fished
it. Hard enough spot to fish before it was joined by the other two.



g.c.