Don, my favorite for emerging midges is the Lady McConnel.
Dell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Shearer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'WAFlyList'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 10:05 AM
Subject: Amber lake and hatches
>
> Hi,
>
> I arrived at Amber around 6:30 and the lake was flat come and alive with
> dimpling and rising fish. While getting to where I wanted to fish I
picked
> up a few fish dragging a nondescript wet. After anchoring up I tried
> everything I could to pick up fish on or near the surface, nothing.
>
> I tried suspended chrinomids, emerging chirnomids, Griffith gnats, all the
> while hearing slurp, slurp all around me. I am pretty sure they were on
> emerging chrinomids and they seemed to be of good size. Looking around
the
> lake at the other anglers I could see and it didn't seem that anyone was
> doing much better.
>
> As it started to get dark I began picking up fish on a dark size 14 Usual.
> I don't believe I figured anything out by using the Usual. The fish were
> just more optornistic as it got dark.
>
> I was wondering if any one had some tips for fishing under these
> circumstances. A lake alive with fish at the surface that seem to be
taking
> midges at or just below the surface.
>
> Regards,
>
> Don Shearer
> Pullman, WA
>
>
>
