TR: Getting an education on the Crowsnest (very long)

William Claspy wrote:

Very nice, Chuck. Beautiful words and pictures. And I *love* parachute
Adams. Got a nice rising brown on Saturday on one in fact!

Thanks, Bill. It's funny, but in my limited trout fishing
experience I have always started off with a Royal Wulff as a prospecting
fly. But my experience with the Adams on the Crow was unbelieveable.
When there was a hatch of what looked to be about a size #18 PMD, I
tried to match it and got zero results. I switched back to a #16 para
Adams and immediately got action. Same thing with yellow sallies and
caddis.

That was OK with me, as I had tied the Adams with high-vis posts,
and they were a breeze to track on the water.

So even though I had tied tons of flies in preparation for the trip,
I wound up fishing one type 99% of the time. (And I never even tied on
a nymph.)


Chuck Vance