Baetis numbers continue to rebound after the forest fire of a half-dozen years ago, and with the return of the famous Green River spring hatch comes the throngs of flyfishers to enjoyed the rejuvinated activity. Mid-April hatches have been very good, with the hatch coming off about 1:30-2:30 some days, and 3:00-4:00 others. The hatch hasn't been long, but it has been prolific. We were on the river April 17, 18 & 19th and our success was very good both from a drift boat/raft and wade fishing. In both circumstances, we had a lot of competition for space to fish. It was very tight from the boats, as due to the low releases (800cfs) in many places wade fishermen were strung across the entire river from bank-to-bank, including right smack in the middle of the river.
We caught decent numbers of trout on slender nymph imitations such as RS2, WD40 and sparsly tied PTs. But, by far the best success was had during the hatch with dries such as Griffith's Gnat, Thorax Blue Duns and especially Parachute Adams in 20-22 sizes and occasional 18 sizes. It seems the BWOs were fairly large in size, or maybe it was just an optical illusion compared alongside the accompanying midge hatch.
Monday, April 20, 2009
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