I had some interesting fishing at Hosmer Lake this week. One day the fish had absolute lock jaw for a good portion of the day, but finally started to move a bit more well after lunch. The next day they were biting from the 1st cast, and while neither day was easy, both days were rewarding.
I get in the indicator rut for different reasons, and that was not really what the fish wanted this time. Oh sure, we got some fish under a NZ Wool Indi, using Red Ice Cream Cones, Callibaetis Cate’s and a Red PT Jigs. If we moved the nymphs under the indicator it worked better. Static presentations were not good, I think with the fish often remaining so static themselves, it just didn’t excite them, or surprise them to swim up to something that looked edible. Switching to an Emerger Tip (5 or 7 foor Intermediate Sink Tip) and stripping a Peacock Diawl Bach Fly in #14 was by far the best. Red PT (no bead) was good, and tiny Olive marabou nymphs my friend D-n0 calls a Plate Lunch Special caught several, as I found small, immature Damsel Nymphs in the throat pump sample.
I plan to be back this next week when the storm is over.