Phil P
04-28-2015, 07:45 AM
Hey guys - New to the forums, had a good opener so here goes.
Headed up to the Silver Fork on Sunday and was surprised by the amount of snow on the ground. Found a nice pocket of trout actively feeding pretty much straight away and from there just had to figure out if they were hungry or not. Didn't like the dry flies, think I tried a Sierra Bright Dot, Elk Hair Caddis, and a Leech before moving on to nymphs. Tried a copper john with no weight and that was a no go either. When I tied on a stonefly nymph with a little split shot 18" up the tippet, it was fish on. That group of fish was hungry and they could not resist. Caught 4 on stoneflies, 2 on pheasant tails. Nice fat healthy rainbows. I did get one strike on a dry but they weren't really rising, every once in a while one would break the surface but that's about it.
Headed up to the Silver Fork on Sunday and was surprised by the amount of snow on the ground. Found a nice pocket of trout actively feeding pretty much straight away and from there just had to figure out if they were hungry or not. Didn't like the dry flies, think I tried a Sierra Bright Dot, Elk Hair Caddis, and a Leech before moving on to nymphs. Tried a copper john with no weight and that was a no go either. When I tied on a stonefly nymph with a little split shot 18" up the tippet, it was fish on. That group of fish was hungry and they could not resist. Caught 4 on stoneflies, 2 on pheasant tails. Nice fat healthy rainbows. I did get one strike on a dry but they weren't really rising, every once in a while one would break the surface but that's about it.