... this morning, with a commitment to fish only this fly on the Lochsa today.



In about three hours of fishing, on three different stretches of the river, this fly really outdid itself. An unqualified success. Whether taken as a skwala or an attractor, the fly just kept accounting for the local westslope cutts.

When all was said and done, had between 20 and 25 fishies in hand, pulled the trigger too quickly on four or five more, had another three or four hit the fly but not hook up, and saw another ten or so trouts that refused the fly, for itself or perhaps because of a presentation problem on my part.

That all comes up to around forty fishies. Got to see most of the hooked fish before they got to the fly. Several did just sip it down and the take was barely visible, and one took it after it submerged. Obviously got to see the refusals.

John

P.S. For more details on the outing, there will be a new post on my "Lochsa" thread on the Fishing Reports Forum later today.