Bill, what patterns did you use prior to and during the callibaetis hatch?
Richard
P.S. Any credible witnesses on those 4-5 pound fish? <grin>
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From: bill hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Flyfishin' link <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Wayne Deptuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, April 16, 2001 10:31 PM
Subject: lenice lake
>was there the 13th-15th. Friday the wind never got below 15mph but from
2-4
>the callabetis came off in droves & the fishing (and catching) was
>non-stop.best fish weighed in at 5 pounds about 24".(on 6x-that was fun)
>Only had 4 takes on chronomids all three days while waiting for the
"hatch".
>my friends had good results with hares ears prior to the hatch, but I
>didn't. Sat.& sun were pretty much repeats re the hatch although there was
>little wind those two days & Sun the hatch was not quite as large as fri &
>sats. Caught two more fish 4-5 lbs-awfully nice looking fish for being
>raised in a trout farm but they were very poor fighters. I've never seen a
>callabaetis hatch like this at Lenice in my 22 years of fishing there.
some
>friends fished nunnally sat & sun & did well on chrons, but said there
>wasn't any mayfly hatch to speak of. bill
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