4.14.07 Report

[sstasiak]

I fished for about 2 hours on Saturday. The weather was nice...air temp around 54 degrees with the water being 49.

The hatches are definitely getting better and better. BWO's, midges, and caddis were all coming off in good numbers. No fish rising though.

I landed a beautiful 16" holdover brookie that I swear could've been wild. Perfect red fins and bright pink spotting. Of course, just as I was about to snap a quick pic, he flipped out of the net and spit the hook at the same time. This fish took a bead head hares ear.

When the olives really got going, I dropped an olive emerger off the hares ear. On the first drift, the indicator took a sharp dive and I knew I was into a nice fish when I set the hook. The fish put up a great fight. The first time I tried to net it, I saw it was a brown, conservatively 16-18". Had the fish to the net 2 more times and every time, it would make another run. Just as I was about to finally get the fish in the net, it rolled over ever so gently and spit that olive emerger right in my face Called it quits soon after that.

Can anyone ID this insect for me? I didn't see any tails on this fly, but it looks like a mayfly.