Middlebury River
Submitted by Jesse on Sat, 07/31/2010 - 1:11pm
Water Temp:
62
Water Clarity:
Clear
Hatches:
Beatis, Midge, Caddis, Golden Stones,Little Green Stones
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, Tungsten BH Soft Hackle #10-#16, Angle Case Emerger #14-#18, Bubbleback Emergers #14-#16, Snowshoe Emerger #12-#16, Bird of Prey #14-#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: 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 I have spent most of my recent time on the Midd fishing for brookies. Very successfully too. Now that the water has cooled, I am looking forward to spending some time below rte 7, working streamers under the log jams. Expect the pockets in East Midd to be great dry fly fishing. Take advantage of the cooler water to fish the areas where we all haven't been able to fish. It won't take long for the water temps to come back up so get out on that water while you can. The Brookies have had some time to grow and offer some fun days on the water up in the mountains. I like the little humpy dry flies on some 6 or 7X tippet with a 3wt. This is also a great way to introduce a young aspiring angler to the sport.