MACFLY
Too many streams too little time
Arrived on stream around 3:45. Quick stream temp indicated 67 degrees. A cold front was moving in but right away I could see the fish were highly active. Plenty of fish slashing in the riffles at the head of a long run. They were picking off ISO emergers with reckless abandon. Mixed in with the ISOs were sporadic hatches of cahills and march Browns. I hooked 8 in this run and would have stayed but I was somewhat boxed in by a group of illegal aliens with saltwater rods. After I released a few fish the leader asked me what bait I was using. I told him to f@ck off and die (just kidding) I spent sbout 15 minutes explaining what a fly rod was and then gave h I'm a basic casting lesson. He asked me for a fly ( the nerve of this kid) and went back to his gang. I moved down to the next likely run as another spin fisherman was coming upstream. Boxed on again but in front of me were at least a dozen actively rising fish. By active I mean jumping out of the water, porpoising and absolutely gorging themselves on the flies coming off. By now sulphuric were appearing (earlier then normal mixed in with the ISOs, cahills, & march Browns). I caught another one on an ISO and missed a few as well. Then it happened. Large March grown spInners descended. I fished for another hour using a Rusty spinner. I hooked about 20-25 fish and had about 12 to the net. Nothing spectacular but several nice healthy Browns with some stockie rainbows mixed in. Best fish was about 14 inches. First brown rose in a current seam in almost slow motion trying to eat my ISO emerger. He missed twice then rose again and I stuck him. A fun night on the water and yet another reason why the ISO is my favorite hatch.
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