Bug buffet

Big Isos like this are on the menu locally,
duns like this one and spinners

Sometimes as I stand in the stream as the sun sets it boggles my mind to see how many different flies are coming off  the water.  I stand there trying to sift through all this and figure out what to tie on and the trout have already decided what's for dinner.  Right now the streams are providing the trout with a buffet every evening.

Besides the caddis hatch that happens every evening like clockwork, the may flies are abundant in numbers and variety. Isos began to appear about a week or so ago along with some some small BWOs.   In the last two evenings I have seen the arrival of March Browns, Green Drakes (duns and coffin flies), Sulfers.  None in substantial numbers, but here none the less.  This evening the Green Drakes appeared, briefly.  I tied on a #12 comparadun and landed 3 browns just like that, and just like that it was over.  This is not a stream with any major areas of silt bottoms, but tomorrow evening will see me on a local stream that HAS major stretches of sit/sand and Green Drakes.

Nice 14" brown this evening on a #14 March Brown sparkle dun

Trout like this one are standard for here

This evening was also the first major appearance of March Browns locally.  the trout were on to them most of the evening.  I used a #14 March Brown sparkle dun and did very well, landing probably 8 -10 fish on the pattern, 3 nice browns, including one 14" fatty.




It's funny how trout will key in on different flies from one night to the next.  Two days ago I fished a creek and crushed them on x-caddis.  Last evening I fished it again and not even a sniff in the caddis, however, a #14 parachute Adams got their attention. 
There were plenty of caddis hatching in the riffs but a change in the silhouette got the job done. 

Solid hook up with a parachute Adams

Water levels here in central New York have been dropping steadily and I noticed this evening that the temperture of the water felt warmer that it has.  This will push the hatch activity into a continuous cycle and every evening should be full of options for the fly fisherman.  The trout will always know what's for dinner, you and I will just have to figure it out.

Tight lines.