introduction

Hi folks, Guided aspiring fly anglers yesterday morning.  Always fun introducing people to great activity of fly fishing.  Of course, I always hope they do not feel overwhelmed as there is a lot to fly fishing.  Water conditions were good with levels just slightly above the seasonal average and the water temperature was a nice 65 degrees.  Still lots of #8/#10 Stone fly shucks everywhere.  There was a small hatch of #18/#20 micro caddis yesterday morning and actually a few randomly rising fish.  We drifted large dry flies as it is hard to teach people how to mend a dry fly if you cannot see it drifting on the water's surface.  #10 orange stimulators and #14 olive grasshoppers were the flies of the day.  We landed 1 rainbow trout and 1 smallmouth bass.  We missed another 5 fish.  Getting the fish to eat is the most difficult part of fly fishing in my opinion.  Hooking and landing a fish comes with doing.  Line management is critical.  Hard to strike any fish when you have too much slack on the water.  Looks like rain today and cool air temperatures for the rest of the week.  I am off to bass fish this morning and tonight.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have fun, Willy