Z -

Fished the same stretch of the Henry's Fork three times this week, with strong midge hatches, modest bwo hatches, and the baetis spinner fall, and have only seen a handfull of fish up. Talked to a couple other guys who have been on the same water and got the same story.

I'm wondering if the fishies are so well fed with the subsurface cafeteria line that they aren't bothering with the little stuff on top.

Another friend fished upriver several miles late last week and did see a lot of fish up on the bwo hatch.

Hadn't run into your question if trouts around here will turn onto a baetis spinner fall, but I know the Henry's Fork fishies do like rusty spinners, during the PMD spinner fall. And during the mother's day caddis hatch, I fish a Harrop's Henry's Fork Caddis quite successfully, partly, I think, because it represents a spent caddis as well as an emerger and cripple.

John