Spinners

Otter · Senior Member

Spinners

chemdoc · Senior Member

I am curious to know if this type of action continues through the winter, or will dries be less effective as the weather gets colder?

Phil

bono · Master Fly Fishing Guide

Phil: I've found the best dry fly fishing is usually in the late late summer into the late fall then it seems to taper off a bit,but as otter stated there has been some decent activity for bwo's and midges in the late afternoon,evening lately and small emergers and yes spinner or cripple patterns can work,but you must be very stealthy in your're approach because of the low clear flows.

fear no fish · Veteran Member

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shon42073 · Senior Member

alot of bwo's out lately, they were really coming off nicely friday evening with the overcast sky's and a bit of rain.

Xnjb707X · Senior Member

� I was out the other afternoon and i also had luck with BWO patterns, I was throwing a dun with a bateis emerger and that seemed to do the trick. I've usially see the strong BWO activity in the fall through winter. Here is a few shots of 2 different type of mayflies I found the other afternoon.

Otter · Senior Member

That is a very old post, but it is kind of funny as I have been watching fish sipping spinners in the evening lately. If you subscribe or have seen the latest Fly fisherman mag Landon Mayer calls it Tippin and Sippin. One of the most overlooked ways to catch big fish is to fish the spinner fall. The BWO hatch is On!!

flyfishingjunkie · Veteran Member

I love spinner fishing! It is most challenging but when you find fish hitting spinners it is one of the most effective and rewarding style of dry fly fishing. I attribute it to the fact that fish line up in the current in which the dead bugs are "served" to the fish, which makes strikes more predictable.

JT · Senior Member

Spent insects get sucked under in choppy water and fish are used to seeing them.� Most fishermen don't fish them subsurface, though.� If you want to catch more fish on spinners, try drowning one.�

shon42073 · Senior Member

JT wrote:

Spent insects get sucked under in choppy water and fish are used to seeing them.� Most fishermen don't fish them subsurface, though.� If you want to catch more fish on spinners, try drowning one.�

Like the now famous JT's drowned midge. Many guys rave about that one JT.

Flying Dutchman · Senior Member

shon42073 wrote:

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Like the now famous JT's drowned midge. Many guys rave about that one JT.

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�I'm one of them--I have a whole section in one box devoted just to JT's drowned midge!� biggrin

Matt R · Senior Member

The drowned midge is good but it�aint got nothing on the JT special. wink

WytEurp · Senior Member

JL is a dry fly man he has had the best luck ive seen on this page Im sure he would have some good imput....

JL · Senior Member

The only time I've seen big dogs consistently rising ion Putah is on the spinner fall.� If you don't know what they are feeding on (either spinners or emergers) and you see them rising and puddling (no splashes), it can be very frustrating.

I once spent about 3 hours fishing the most unbelievable hatch on the missouri river and only got one fish to hand.� I was fishing dry mayfly imitations.� I learned later that day (this was years ago), that the fish were on emergers in the film.

If you know what you're doing� you can hammer some big fish with the right patterns.

JL

shon42073 · Senior Member

I was thinking about something today, I figured that maybe it would be good to try spinners first thing in the early morning, the logic is theres alot of insect activity overnight and the fish may like spinners left over from the nights activity's. Any thoughts ?

JT · Senior Member

Look at the water surface in the back eddies in the morning.� You'll have your answer.