Bugs are hatching, spinners are falling , fish are eating - be there.

It's June 1st, the peak of the deer fawning season and yearling carcasses are showing up along the side of the road in increasing numbers. Mom is busy with her new kids and the yearlings are on their own. They are apt to be up and around at all times of the day and haven't a clue how to cross the road safely. Be alert.  Yesterday a doe was trying to get her wobbly legged fawn across 97 on a curve in the middle of the hill going out of Hancock.  I stopped with my flashers on but the doe turned back and ran up the hill, the fawn followed leaving the road still to be crossed. 

The Lordville wildlife is at a low point. The bluebird nesting was a failure.  There was only one young bird and it died during that cold period.  The hen turkey is also without a brood but she works her way through the back yard stopping to dust under the porch most days.  Haven't seen a deer in the yard in two weeks.  There were two adult does and two yearlings.  Last time I saw them one doe had both yearlings with her.

Will be heading home early tomorrow to spend time with our daughter and granddaughter before heading back down Thursday morning. 

The fishing - Left camp about one and headed east on 17.  It was my intention to spend a day as far away from the Armada and the foot soldiers attacking the WB and BR as possible.  In that I succeeded, never had an angler fishing closer than a quarter of a mile from me and never had a boat come by me. The downside?  There wasn't any. Spent time on the BE and on the BK. There were no boats on the BK and I saw only a few on the BE when I was driving from place to place.  The bugs? It's seems to be pretty much the same on all of the freestones. There is a mix of hatching bugs all day long. When there is cloud cover the fish feed. When there is bright sun the feeding slows down. Fished three pools in the BK and finished up with an evening on the BE. Had rising fish all day and surprisingly never hooked a hatchery trout. Two 19 inch rainbows (the second on the last cast of the night) tied for fish of the day.

I've said it before, I'll say it again. The river system is just full of fish. Haven't fished anywhere where I didn't find fish. Go now, the bugs are at their best, the fish are fat and sassy and wading levels are ideal.

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