partridge and yellow soft hackle size 14
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The fly looks like the long spindly legs of the crane fly when it struggles on the surface to shed the casing. The yellow was the best color that looked like the larvae casing.
Crane fly looks like a giant skitoe when it flies off.
what the swallows were after
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The fly struggles mightily on the surface to shed the casing and the legs hang out and the yellow tint was perfect match.
ALL of the trout caught in that one hole were browns and not stupid aggressive brookies.
John put on a clinic.
He had to use 6 different flies because the trout shredded his flies.
No wonder the trout love 'um!
I've seen lots adult crane flies but never a hatch with the trout feeding on them. No wonder trout love them----soft, totally unprotected, and vulnerable. With the wild wiggling and squirming, they might as well have a neon sign that's flashing EAT, EAT, EAT. Great pictures as usual. Much Thanks, 8T :)