ALL YOU CAN EAT!!!

As I write, birds are chirping outside the window. The air is still cold and the truck doors were frozen shut this morning when I went out to crank it before taking the kids to school. Yesterday’s rains and last nights temps, left a glaze over the trees, bridges, and random items left in the yard by my girls. It’s still winter early in the morning, but spring is breaking through in the afternoons. For the past week blue quills, blue winged olives, quill gordons, and early brown stones have been hatching in the forest.

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Early June 2017/Barbarians at the Gate, Angels at the Door

If you are headed to the river this time of year make it a 6 to 9 kind of day. Nymph fishing is very productive in the first hour or two with mayfly and caddis patterns both producing well. A Pheasant Tail Nymph in a size 16, with an 18 or 20 Hare’s Ear Soft Hackle as a dropper, are producing well.

Trout Candy/Late May 2017

Ants make up a very large portion of the diet of a trout during the summer months along with other terrestrials such as beetles and inchworms. A random caddis may find its way into the maul of a big brown as well but by and large the bulk of the biomass available to summer trout is in the form of an ant. Trout seem to have a strong affinity for these little formic acid filled sour treats. Ive been told they like the acidic taste, but Im more inclined to believe its the availability and helplessness of the food form that lends to such a sustained sight picture in the mind of summer trout.

Early May 2017 Davidson River and Pisgah Area

May came in with more rain, a sudden drop in temperature and a rise in wind speed. Early May was akin to late March with 30 degree nights, snow at high elevations, high winds, and mid day hatches. Our Sulphurs came off strong at the end of April and with the high water produced some great under water and top water action. They have now begun to fade into Cahills which will soon leave the river and hand it over to the Little Yellow Stoneflies known as Sallies. Rumors of Drakes and Cicadas are showing up on social media and in riverside conversations and should be here strong by the end of the month.

April 2017 Davidson River and Pisgah Area

Its been a more typical spring here in Pisgah Forest. It looks like the drought may be past us as we have been getting very regular rains and thunder storms. The Davidson and other area streams are running high and clear after this week's rains, but should be dropping into normal flows by the weekend.

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