Hutch wrote:
AS Parker will attest, we saw an epic Hendrickson hatch and rise on GLS 3 years ago...in fact, the Australian expert told us there would be NO rise that day as the weather would cancel any bugs. Best rise in history--- sounded like a classroom full of school kids slurping up spagetti.. But, none for us in the last 2 years in any numbers.
The ALDER hatch has an over-rated position for me now. There was a time when it was killer, but for the last 10 years- nothing of note. And- stoneflies....never seen a rise to hatched stoneflies (naturals). I do better with blue damsel flies than stones (dry).
Hutch
There is a decent early yellow sally hatch, which also corresponds to a caddis fly hatch, that is worth fishing on one of my favorite stretches of water. That keeps some yellowish-hued stone fly searching patterns in my boxes.
Caddis and mayflies seem to be like the yin and yang in Maine. When one goes up, the other goes down. An endless cycle of life and death, in the natural order.