Middlebury River
Submitted by Jesse on Sat, 07/17/2010 - 2:44pm
Water Temp:
66
Water Clarity:
Clear
Hatches:
Caddis, Stones, Sallies, Little Green Stoneflies, Sulphers, Baetis, Midge
Suggested Patterns:
Golden Stone Nymphs #8-#12, PT's #12-#18, Princes: Standard, Montana, Batman, Purple #10-#18, Hares Ear Nymphs(Olive & Standard)#12-#18, Angle Case Emerger #14-#18, Bubbleback Emergers #14-#16, Snowshoe Emerger #12-#16, Skin Caddis Emerger #14-#16, Unwired Caddis Emerger, #14-#16, Sparkle Caddis Pupa#14-18, BH Serendipities #12-#16, RS2's #14-#20,Copper Bob's #12-#18 (Green) San Juan Worm, Disco Midge Larva #18-#22, Streamer Patterns DRYS: Yellow Sally #14-#18, Little Green Stonefly #14-#18, Adams #14-#20,Para Adams #12-#20, Female Adams #14-#16,White Wulff #12-#14 Para Baetis #16-#20, BWO #16-18, BWO Zelon Cripple #16-#18, Elk Hair Caddis #14-#18, X Caddis #14-#18, Purple Crystal Stimmi #12, Yellow Stimmys #10-#18, Griffiths Knat #18-#20, King Kong Golden, #8-#10, Fat Albert #6-#10, Floater in the Pool #8-#10, Para Hoppers, Foam Beetles, Ants The Middlebury river is a good place to beat the summer heat. With the water tumbling down from Ripton, staying cool in the shade of the gorge, the East Middlebury section, which has a nice tree canopy, stays cool fishable. Make sure you do watch the temperature though, by noon you will be in the high 60's. I would not be fishing below Rte 7, until we get some rain. Best time is still early. Fishing with dries is effective but combined with a dropper can be very effective. I will also advocate for the use of flourocarbon here as well. The upper reaches of this watershed offer some phenomenal Brok Trout fishing. With 3 branches each can offer more then a day of fishing, this is also a great way to get away from the hot weather. Make sure you have a nice arsenal of attractor dry flies.