During Saturday’s Trico fest, I had really good luck with Ed Engle’s Sunken Trico Spinner while fishing for highly-pressured trout. Innocently small and slightly-weighted with wire, it sank gently down at slow seams and didn’t spook the fish. Engle writes that many savvy fish would rather take drowned bugs or emergers rather than dry flies
Tricos at the Farmington
Well, I this morning had my first ever face-plant while fishing. Glad that’s over. It was so worth it. I awoke at 2:45 am to make a PB&J, chug some coffee and hit the road for the Farmington. I’ve not seen that pretty gal in some time, and with news of Tricos in the air,
3 Streams in One Day
I fished all day Saturday. I was joined by my friend, Matt, who had never fished in the White Mountains so I was determined to put him on some fish. Instead of exploring like I have over the past 3 weeks, I decided to revisit some old haunts to see how they were still producing.
Prepping for Tricos
With reports of Tricos starting to hatch on the Farmington, I’ve been re-loading the fly boxes. Last August, the Trico hatches and spinner falls were ridiculous. One of the best flies was Ed Engle’s Drowned Trico Spinner (prior post with a how-to video here). It features a segmented and thin body from wire, which helps