Dave -

Dry flies in the form of FEB adult salmonflies and FEB adult golden stones for the most part early in the runoff, and later on the fishies may be taking the golden stone pattern as much as a hopper as a golden stone. ( In the fall, I went from the golden stone / hopper to an FEB adult October Caddis for the best part of six weeks. )

On my first trip over, on May 23, I was just planning to scout a section of the river. While I was walking down the road, I looked up and saw an adult salmonfly. Time to rig up. Found a piece of water that was accessible and looked fishable, got down to the bank and started to rig up, looked down and saw an adult golden stone next to my foot. Put on the only fly I had that looked right, caught some fishies, went home and started tying up FEB stoneflies. The rest is history.

John

P.S. This year I'm hoping to get started pre-runoff with an FEB adult skwala - like in four to six weeks.