Some Great Midge Hatches

Tom Loe

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Some great midge hatches have been coming off in the last week.  You will locate good concentrations of big fish in specific locations during this time.  Use your sonar to find the cool water combined with a solid mud bottom for consistent action.  The weed lines have also been good areas to target, as many fish of all sizes are feeding on the perch fry, callibaetis, and occasional damselfly nymphs.  It has been quite the late season for callibaetis mayflies this season.  Mixing up your fly patterns can help to narrow down what the fish are feeding on.  Best areas have been the north arm, Leighton Springs, Alligator Point, McGee Bay and Crooked Creek. #16-18 Copper Tiger Midge, #18 Zebra Midge, #16 Parallel Assassin Dark, #16 Parallel Assassin Light, #16 Parallel Punk Perch Dark, #18 Gillie Light

Two Bug got Bill Wood on some nice ones!
Ethan with another biggie!
Craig Mohns fished with Jerry and he got a real fatty rainbow!
The Babcocks spent a couple of days with us. Jerry Gilpin and I got them out for some hot fishing! Here’s Ethan with a great cutthroat!
Two Bug helped Toni Wood score this nice brown!
Brian Austin road tripped it from Arizona to get into some nice fish!
Henry Wynne got into some nice cutthroat and a bunch of other species too!
Bill Dunlap was very happy on his first visit to the lake!
Joe Contaldi took John Cookson out for an epic day of fishing! John got some real nice ones like this big ‘bow!

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