Weekend Outlook.

 

Home for a social obligation (grandson's law school graduation party) so no fishing today. 

The last four days were my best stretch of fishing so far this year. It has proved difficult to be in the right place to fish good hatches but I have had the good fortune of finding little spurts of feeding where the fish have been happy to eat flies with hooks in them.

Last night I drove over to the BK out of desperation when the 3:00 pm Hendrickson hatch on the upper reaches of the WB lasted all of fifteen minutes. Found some rainbows quietly sipping something in a shallow riff. Made repeated short casts over them with caddis spinners which they ate without hesitation when they finally looked up and saw them, (it was clearly not what they were feeding on). When the feeding died down I moved upstream hoping to find a caddis spinner fall. Found fish eating Hendrickson spinners instead.

The day before I had about an hour in what was a modest paralep/Hendrickson hatch where the fish ate my flies without a care in the world. Then went from 3:00 until 8:00 without any action at all. The two big 'bows sipping caddis duns just before dark were a pleasant ending to what was a long dry spell.

The middle and lower sections of the WB and from Stockport up on the BR have received the most pressure lately. Some Hendrickson duns are still hatching there. You should also find Hendrickson spinners, and both apple caddis duns and spinners. Most of the fish have felt the sting of a hook and are getting fussy about what they eat, but there are lots of targets.

 Hopefully the upper WB Hendricksons get going a little better over the weekend and into next week.

If you are looking for solitude, try the lower BR, and the EB, both are in the Doldrums, (the period between the end of the Hendrickson/caddis hatches and the first March browns and Gray Foxes). You probably will see very little bug activity, but the fish are there, all you have to do is figure a way to get them to eat. (Just ask Jack McDonald).

Right now, with the most recent cutback in the Cannonsville release, the wading levels are the best  we've seen all year. There is quite a bit of rain in the forecast for the coming week so get out there and catch some fish while you can.  

           

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