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A fly pattern I've had very good success with this spring [especially in chilly pre-spawn water] has been an UV-olive ice dub leech.

pattern: hook - 3XL, 12 or 10
tail - olive maraibou...

Spent about 5 hours at the lake yesterday afternoon [purely in the interest of 'ahem' research] fishing two rods. On the 2wt I had the #10 chart popper I'm fond of during the spring. On the other -...

Jim - I'm with Thwack; don't leave us hanging about the nymphs, etc!! http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/wink.gif

Donald

Jim - that 60d water was in some channels I found 3 years ago; 2-4' deep, black bottoms and they twist and turn enough 'til there is almost always somewhere that has some wind protection. They warm...

Jim - I've noted the same thing when the water is still cool. That's why I generally use a small cork popper early in the spring. I'm usually fishing in shallow water and they often just suck the...