Hi Bill,
What pattern(s) were you using at Dry Falls? What was the weather
(wind) like and what time of day were you fishing?
Thanks,
Kent Lufkin
>started at chopaka on fri. 6/15, had good luck on chrons from 10:30 til noon
>then waited for the mayfly hatch which started fitfully at 2 & ended poorly
>at 3, had 2 on singletary's emerger & then caught some on chrons after the
>hatch for a total of about 14. went to aeneas on 6/16 for two hours which
>resulted in 2 ea 12 inch rb. dashed back up the hill to chopaka where the
>wind was 10 to 15 mph plus - the hatch was again poor & I had one rb on a
>pheasant tail nymph(total of 3 for the day).sun I stayed at chopaka, had 10
>in the first hour on chrons. zero on dries during the" hatch" but had 6 on a
>pheasant tail soft hackle ( in half an hour)which is a modification of the
>mayfly nymph in Philip Rowley's new book "Fly patterns for still waters". I
>think this is one of the best books on the subject that I have seen. So I
>had about 16 fish on Sunday & my ego was feeling better. went to dry falls
>on the 18th & had the lake all to myself the first hour-sight fished in the
>shallows & had 6 lovely rbs to hand up to 19" & very strong. tried chrons
>with no luck. lots of driving on my newly rebuilt $1900 transmission, but I
>gotta get there to support my habit. bill
