David,
It was tied on a 3761 and weighted and is the damn biggest "midge" pupa
I'll ever see!
I have found that a weighted chironomid on a long leader, fished without
slack in the flyline, retrieved with a very slow hand-twist to maintain
contact (after letting it settle down to it's depth), with a little
accented twitch every two or three twists, is a good way to get away from
bobber and worm fishing. The strikes come hard and came just after the
twitches. Working the wind is the trick. Depending on the wind velocity,
fishing straight downwind is the way and sometimes fishing perpendicular to
the wind is the way to work. It involves kicking around to reposition
yourself or kicking constantly to hold over the fishy water. But then, I
find that's what gives tubes the advantage over boats.
I thought the large TDC would be the ticket because of the size of the
shucks on the water from the morning and the few adults I saw flitting
about earlier before the major emergence in the evening. The adults turned
out to be either #10 or 12. I almost always fish cripples (stillborns and
emergers) one size larger than my adults.
And yes, it is by invitation only. That's why I don't give a lot of detail
on the size or number but on the methods, which usually hold true in
similar waters.
Leland.
>Leland,
>
>A very interesting fishing report . I am curious about the#8 TDC pupa you
>were fishing. Was it tied on something like a Tiemco 2302 ? If so,that makes
>them about one inch in length and bigger than any midge pupa I have seen in
>Eastern Washington , though I know they do exist, and especially further
>north across the border. Size 10 and 12 adults tie in with a size 8 pupa, as
>the adults are usually a size or so smaller than the pupae they come from.
>But then again, I have frequently fished size 10 and 12 emergers to match 10
>and 12 pupae , with no complaints from the customers.
>
>Chironomids and trout are interesting beasties, are they not ?
>
>David
>
>p.s. Fishing Farmer Brown's is by invitation only I guess ? Silly question.
