What a beautiful day. It is the last day of summer and we had a heavy frost last night. Karen and I decided to have a second cup of coffee before we headed off to chase rainbows. We arrived around 11 am. Leaves on the trees were definitely displaying their vibrant fall colours. We were armed with shrimp and boatmen/backswimmer fly patterns. The shrimp flies worked great late in the morning and about 1:30 pm we switched to boatmen fly patterns. The Bubba Gump Shrimp was a winner right away and then Phil Rowley's Greater Water Floatmen pattern along with flashbacks kept the action quite steady!
Our first throat sample of the morning showed that the rainbows were feeding on a combination of daphnia and small shrimp. The water temperature was down close to 60F and the rainbows were definitely on the prowl looking to put the feedbag on!
Early in the afternoon, the rainbows started darting and slashing just below the surface looking for boatmen and a few backswimmers.. I switched from indicator fishing to casting and retrieving. I was stripping a boatmen that had a bead so it would get down a bit. Karen switched to flashbacks just 3 feet below her indicator. I would say the catch rate was about the same. The warm afternoon sunshine and steady action made the afternoon slide away too fast. It was one of those days you just do not want it to end.
Can you see the boatman Fly Pattern in the mouth of the Rainbow?
Daphnia, small shrimp and some water mites in this throat sample
This throat sample was full of small shrimp!
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