The many moods of Midgezilla.

My clock recently sprung ahead and the pile of snow in my driveway has finally dropped below the eves. Just a few of the many indicators that winters grip is weakening. While the weather and water will be springtime moody as usual, things in general, including Trout, are looking up.
Even Midgezilla can get moody this time of year. When times get tough, when there are so many naturals in the drift they are impaled on your hook tough, you need your chip in a sea of chocolate chips to stand out. Try throwing this little headache at them next time your on the ropes in the midst of the giant midge hatch of spring.

Bloody Midgezilla

Hook: Umpqua 2487  #18  when it falls into the carpet below your vise make sure to yank on it real good so it off sets the hook. Now your ready

Flo Red Thread under Amber Glass bead from the sale bin at a local shop insuring they are probably impossible to find.

Dubbed with underfur of an old tennis ball

Rib with expired 5x mono, don't waste your money on the floro, the segmentation will be invisible to the fish. 

If it aint broke don't fix it. Just change colors

Thanks Mr Chung

The boat has been out of the garage (another sign of spring) and its been down the Roaring Fork as well as the lower Colorado. Things are good, mostly nymphing, but productive. Mayhem Midge, Midgezilla, Miracles, small soft hackles, chartruse eggs, and your favorite BWO nymph will keep things bent. Call ahead about floating the Fork between now and the end of May as the take out at Two Rivers is closed essentially limiting floats from West Bank down. This could make the upper river pretty crowded with boats during the prime months of March and April.

Red Zebra Midge, thought out, drifted, set and landed by Mr Mike Salamone 

Mean while on THE Eagle River things are on the climb to prime. Judging by the crowds out there the past week I would say you all know. Let me set the record straight. The public water is fishing horribly. All the people have scared the fish into private water. There are no bugs or potential hatches left in the public stretches. They break ground on condominiums where the parking area is now at post office, the state is parking two loaders and a dump truck at guide rock in Wolcott and Alkali creek is so toxic it will melt your waders if you are upstream of Eagle. The river below Eagle is closed to everyone but locals with over 10 years of residency. I heard that was all over social media so it must be true.

The fishing report for the exceptional stretch of exclusive private water pronounced Vail Rod and Gun club that I happen to guide on is "Good and Ready". For real, all the fish and bugs and hatches and fun are there. Midges in Red, Cream, Tan, Black and Olive. Plain old thread larva, glass beads, lil flash, have fun, try tying some Corded Midges in different colors. The egg bite just started and there have been a few tan worms assaulted. Midgezilla larva is almost always on my set up. BWO's have made a few sporadic appearances on the surface but a #18-22 nymph has produced well in the early afternoons. It's going to get better by the hour, especially where I guide. 

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Teamwork makes the dream work. There is a lot more to this than the lens has captured, shit that doesn't happen in public water. High quality non phone photographic images are still free.

Carry On, Tie flies