UPDATE

The last week of September provided some great dry fly -fishing opportunities. With water temps in the mid to upper 50’s the trout have been looking up during our afternoon Isonychia hatches. Right now, we are seeing good dry fly bites between the hours of 2 and 6 pm on most days. We’ve done well with pheasant tail nymphs and Nate’s soft hackle Iso early in the hatch. Grey and purple CDC deer hair Compara-Duns in size 12-14, along with parachute Purple Haze dries are taking fish when the duns are on the water. On cloudy days smaller streamers like Woods specials, which do well to imitate small brook trout and emerging October Caddis, have taken some good fish. Olive buggers, muddler minnows, and leeches have also done well.

A recent bow that took a Wood Special Streamer .

Looking Forward

With big rain in the forecast for this week we should have some good streamer windows on the Saco and Andro. Get your seven weights out as this window can be brief. Bright flies like Zoo Cougars and Drunk and Disorderly streamers should do the trick. October is a great time to target our larger browns and rainbows as they become more reckless in searching for meals before the colder months. If streamers aren’t your thing be sure to have some prince nymphs, San Juan/ squirmy worms and eggs on hand as the fish will feed on these brighter colored flies during run-off. We especially prefer brighter nymphs in the fall as they seem to help fish distinguish them from all of the leaf litter in the flow. As waters drop from heavy rains, we should continue to see good dry fly fishing. As October progresses BWO’s will begin to dominate over the larger Iso’s. We have waters open year-round and we have dates available. Let us know if you want to chase wild bows on dry flies this fall.

Tight lines,

Nate

This wild rainbow sipped a well presented compara-dun during a recent afternoon Isonychia hatch.