The last few days have been quite interesting on our local lakes. Yesterday's overcast rain showery day included a very sustained callebaetis hatch. These mid sized grey mayflies are great little morsels for the trout to feed on. Splashy rises to eat a dun can make this hatch quite visual. The trout could be on the callebaetis emergers or the actual nymph so you have to be prepared. A grey parachute adams, a pheasant tail, a herl may are all great patterns to have handy as is a flashback that you can cast and retrieve.
Today, Karen and I tied on a Rusty Nail Chironomids (John Kent pattern) and we both had an outstanding day of fly fishing. Chromies with black ribs or mahogany ribs fished very well when fished 10 plus feet down in 12-14 of water. A Bubba Gump Shrimp early in the day would definitely get you into fish as well. Take a good look at the throat samples from today. They can definitely tell you what the trout are dining on!
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