We have come to the part of the year where my dry flies give over to nymphs. Small midge nymphs will be my go-to fly until about March.
That’s not to say fishing hasn’t been good… I’ve had some of the best days I’ve had on the river this year within the last couple weeks. I haven’t seen much in the way of signs of spawning, except for this:
I have the smaller fish on the line. The larger trout just follows it over. I originally thought it was trying to eat the smaller fish–it’s pretty common to see a larger fish take a territorial or predatory swipe at a smaller fish as you bring it to hand. This I have never seen before. The more I watched the video, I realized that there does not appear to be any aggression in the larger fish’s behavior. Almost the opposite. I wonder if this is a mating pair? Thoughts?
James Kibler 