Didn't Get Much Of A Bang Out Of The 4th Of July Fishing.

 The Lordville 4th of July Parade threw a monkey wrench into my plans to fish yet another Dorothea hatch. Got drenched in sweat trying to do a little yard work then came in, got cleaned up, and decided to tie a few new sulfurs, lost track of the time and when I tried to head out it was too late, the road was filled with paraders.

 Made my escape at 1:00 and drove up to Deposit only to find wall to wall fishermen from Stilesville to Barking Dog. Drove to several places where I watched a modest Dorotheas hatch with very few fish rising. Yes there was a riser here and there but I never saw the serious feeding I witnessed yesterday. Was in no hurry to get in the water in the places that were available but when people started to leave I put on the waders and gave it a try. It wasn't yesterday.  

The flies - Dominant fly in the No Kill was the Dorothea, there were but a few Invaria.  When I drove up to Stilesville at 5:00 the fishermen were still there but I saw only a few bugs and even fewer risers, although the mist on the water made it hard to see.

The fishing -  Never got a fish to even look at either a Dorothea or an Invaria. Did my best on caddis and a large olive that might well have passed for an iso. Yesterday my smallest fish was a 13 inch rainbow, today fishing from about 2:00 until almost 5:00, my biggest were two rainbows each 14 inches. Some days are like that.

With thunderstorms on either side of us, I went back to the fishing camp, watched the radar, and gave the evening fishing a pass.   

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