Hi Everybody great to be back and looking forward to a great season both in freshwater and in the salt. 

We fished the Wood River on opening day and then early this week and did extremely well! I thought that after that heavy rain and thunder storm that happened early on Saturday would have shut things down but just the opposite occurred and we had rising fish most of the day. We had hatches of Black Quills ( size #12 ), Small Winter Stoneflies ( size #16 & #14 gray in color ), Tan Caddis ( size #18 & #16 ), a few Large Tan Mayflies ( size #10’s ) I couldn’t get a good look at one to identify it and midge adults and spinners all over the water. The fish where feeding both just below and on top of the surface. We observed fish taking all of the insects mentioned above. The water temperature was 49 degrees and with the water level being a little high, both dry fly and emerger presentations are moving relatively fast, giving the trout not as much time to look at the artificial. Both my Gray Soft Hackle size #14 and a Burgundy Loop Wing Emerger worked very well. We also took fish on an Adams Parachute, size #12, Trico Spinners size #18 Small Tan Caddis size #18 & #16.  

I will be posting photos of these flies soon. Look for a report almost on a daily basis.  

Best Always, Ed  www.edlombardoflyfish.com