THE EARLY RISER TREAT ( A gorgeous “ground-zero” wild brown from true 1884 German/Black Forest genetics in a Manistee National Forest Michigan wooded spring creek. ![]() Are you ready to match this vexing hatch? ( A spring creek brown trout on high alert to start the daily constitutional of binge feeding on Trico spinners that takes place from late-June through October-A. You surely think they are perhaps just chubs or small parr, but just then you catch a glimpse of a big bulging riser that moves water to push another small dimpling riser out of the way-Yup!, a big trout marking its territory and feeding lane! The Trico spinner fall has started. First just a few, then they are everywhere. ( The dance, the mating and the presentation- be ready!)Īs you look downstream you start to see the rising dimples. And their it is!- the tiniest little black bodied/tall, clear winged mayfly you have ever seen. Then one lands on your arm and sticks to your insect repellant or sweat. You dismiss them as tiny gnats/midges that the trout surely can’t be preoccupied with. ![]() And as you walk the banks you see little white clouds of vertically dancing bug frenzies along the banks -they are super tiny bugs mind you. Or maybe a Sulphur/ BWO emerger on a big icy cold tailwater. You get to the stream armed with your favorite hopper or ant pattern. ![]() If you are a summertime trout stream fly fisher you will know the scenario about to be described all too well.
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