Mayfly question...

[Andrew Mann]

I was on a local river in mid-Western Ontario a few nights ago and caught a dozen or so small rainbow that were rising to caddis flies. As I began to walk back to the car (at about 9:00 pm) a noticed a moderate hatch of mayflies (possibly brown drakes?). My questions are these:

1. Will the fish feed after dark on these mayfly duns?

2. Will there be a spinner fall worth fishing the next morning? (Please don't ask me to get up and go check - with a seven week old baby in the house, time on the river is pretty hard to come by!).

Thanks...

[Greg H]

So this would be the Grand, the Maitland, or the Saugeen. Email Grindstone Angling and get the answer at flyshop@grindstoneangling.com and also see this link for the flies and their imitations [url=http://www.fishontario.com/fly-fishing/hatchchart/hatchframe.html:8e52d]http://www.fishontario.com/fly-fishing/hatchchart/hatchframe.html[/url:8e52d] Click on the bug image for the hatch chart and life cycle flies.

[This message has been edited by Greg H (edited 29 May 2005).]