I apologize for the sparsity of posts as we head into the second month of 2015. There just hasn’t been much to write about.
My typical winter rig involves a medium sized bead head nymph of almost any variety (basically to attract the trout’s attention and get the dropper fly down) followed by a tiny (sz18-22) zebra midge or thread midge. Usually I use some added weight and an indicator. Typically, this method is steadily if not necessarily spectacularly effective until the didymo makes it too frustrating to bother with. So far this year, didymo has been below average. Unfortunately so have hookups. (And it’s not like I’ve been shy about trying other techniques.)
I’m going to be looking around at spring creeks in the near Mid-Atlantic over the next couple of weeks for a much needed respite from the Gunpowder. If you know of anything that has been working, feel free to share in the comments section. We should also be seeing some little black stoneflies soon, so look out for that.
James Kibler 