Rocky Mountain Grouse - Scouting begins..

[Dean Romig]

Are we seeing a mega-hatch over the river in your previous picture where you’re fishing or is it graininess in the pic??





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[Lloyd McKissick]

Dean:

Those are spinning tricorythodes mayflies. The "spinning" is their mating dance. Afterwhich the females fall upon the waters surface with their wings outstretched, or "spent".

Not sure where the males end up, likely at the bar.

[Dean Romig]

Yes Thanks. I have seen Trico hatches like that - that’s why I asked. Once upon a time I was pretty adept at tying Trico imitations on size 24 hooks but today neither my eyes nor my fingers are up to the task.





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[Lloyd McKissick]

Yeah, my challenges are starting there as well.

[Big D]

A friend of mine ties tricos down to size 30.

[Dean Romig]

Anything beyond 24’s was beyond my fat fingers’ abilities.





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[Big D]

I've got a magnifying lense on my tying bench, but I can't carry it into the river. Brother Tatman know Glen also. When tricos are on Glen fishes a Paul Young 7 foot 3 weight Midge bamboo rod that I suspect is worth as much as some of our good guns

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Originally Posted by John Dallas

A friend of mine ties tricos down to size 30.

A masochist, no doubt

[Big D]

Not bad for a guy who is about 84 years old.