I fished the Lower Kinni this afternoon from about 2:00 to 4:00. Once again I began the outing fishing streamers, but noticed a few fish rising to caddis and couldn’t pass up the chance to catch a couple on the surface. I switched to a Bread and Butter Caddis, but was unsuccessful the first couple casts just dead drifting the fly. I got distracted by a few buzzards flying overhead and got a quick bite as the fly swung downstream. After that I began casting across and downstream, and let the fly swing and skitter around. I was quickly rewarded with four small browns to hand.
The trout were going after egg-laying caddis flies bouncing around and not newly emerged flies, so fishing the B&B caddis that sits lower on the surface probably wasn’t my best option. I’ll have to tie up a few different patterns before my next outing.
Eventually the surfacing slowed down and I switched back to my streamer. I got a few bumps and follows but am yet again fishless on streamers.
I talked to a few other guys that seemed to have similar luck — a few on caddis dries before it shut down and then a couple on nymphs. Surface activity was best from about 1:00 to 3:00. Everyone was catching little guys as well, although I saw a couple good fish while stripping streamers.
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