The weather seemed to change every 20 minutes today. Pulses of showers moved in and out. It made for constantly changing conditions. Karen and I decided to stick with a Rusty Nail Chironomid until we saw what the trout were dining on. What we learned was that the trout were eating a variety of different foods and not just one. Take a look at these two short videos of throat samples. Water mites, shrimp, chromie like chironomids, and leeches were in the throat samples. I would have to say that shrimp seem to be the main food item.
What was the most important factor in success today? DEPTH. We experimented with depth until we got into fish. For us that was 10-11 feet down in 12-14 feet of water.
We did catch several sizeable rainbows today, mostly a factor of depth although our trusty rusty nail made a big contribution!
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