I was watching a video about trout and a it had a section about insects. If I remenber correctly it was showing mayfly adults that crawl back into the water, Lay there eggs then die off and and drift to the surface upside down and drift in the surface film in this upside down position. Was curious if anyone can shed some light on this subject and more importantly what pattern should one use if you suspect thiss are what the fish are taking. These fish have been driving me crazy rising but i can't get them to take anything with much consistancy, So I suspect maybe this is the ticket.
I read this from Soft Hackle Solutions Pearl Soft Hackle at Flycraftangling.com
Soft hackles offer a broad appeal with an inherent ability to suggest a wide range of prey. With animated flowing hackles and often scruffy looks, soft hackles appeal to the most basic of predatory instincts. For the hatch matcher soft hackles make ideal emergers. Soft hackles do a wonderful job representing ascending caddis pupa along with egg laying females diving beneath the surface to deposit their eggs on aquatic vegetation and debris. Many aquatic insects are unable to emerge succumbing to the rigors of emergence and provide another soft hackle opportunity.
I know you are talking about mayflies, not caddis as the quote refers. Instead of housing numerous "spent" female spinner flies that are suppose to drift on the surface or in the current just underneath the surface, try a soft hackle. It will often cover an emergence or adult spinner that has already reproduced.
I like to keep things simple. I don't know how many times a rising fish refused just about every pattern thrown at it, until the soft hackle came out.
What is the title of the video? Sort of off topic, have you had a chance to watch the midge refusal video from Crowley? Makes you sick! Most of the fish didn't even give the fly the time of day...
-- Edited by Flying Dutchman at 21:18, 2008-01-02
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