I fished the evening of July 16th from 815-945 pm and had good luck. I landed three trout, all on a Royal Wulf dry fly, and missed over half dozen more. Two trout were Rainbows in the 14-15 inch range and they were very fat. I was tempted to take one home and clean it to see what it had been eating but I seldom keep my trout and especially not when I get home at 10 o'clock at night. I dead drifted the Royal Wulf in medium paced current. The bites were light and sometimes not even visually noticeable. There wasn't much insect activity but fish still came to a rise when the fly was presented properly.
I fished the morning of July 17th from 7-9 am. Insects were plentiful this morning. I was able to snatch a small caddis, a few spinners, and a small (#18) yellow fly with big buggy eyes. I tried to match each of these flies with flies in my box but I only had one unsuccessful hit the whole morning. I fished dries again but wish I would have drifted some nymphs during my two hour skunking.
Water levels are normal. Fish are still plentiful. Fishermen are scarce. Water temperatures are high but not too critical. I'm not landing multiple fish like I did in March and June but the action is still consistent. The stocked trout are obviously getting smarter as well so an amateur fly fisher like me (2 years) has more difficulty in landing fish as the season extends but that only makes me become better.
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