Hi everybody, the Wood is just starting to clear itself from all of the wind infused floating debris, making dry fly fishing a lot better. In addition to BWO's in the afternoons especially on those overcast days, the good news is that the Gray Drakes have started to emerge. These Siphlonurus spices will show on the river at just before dark in the spinner stage. Dick Stewart tells us in his book that the duns are rarely seen because the nymph does not emerge to the surface of the water instead crawls onto rocks and the river bank to break from it's nymphal shuck. Fish started coming up to the spinner imitation just around 8:05pm. I like using my orange sparkle spinner in size # 12. I tie it with a tail of three to four barrbules of pheasant tail; a body of orange died rabbit fur and spent winds of Bill's Body Braid sparse. It is also a good idea to fish a nymph just below the surface during this spinner fall. In some cases the matting pair fall to the water together making a much larger silhouette and the fish go crazy when this happens. So at times a large parachute pattern such as an Adams will work well. The water temp. is a good 59 to 60 degrees.Beautiful large Cahills are also on the river as well, a soft hackle dry with a body of light yellow rabbit fur works well in sizes of # 14 and #12.

Reminder start looking for the great Hex Hatch around the 14th. of this month, June, a lot more on this very exciting hatch later in this blog! 

Best Always, Ed          www.edlombardoflyfish.com  

Best always, your friend, Ed