PGH Fly Review
By Coltin Gresser
Yinzer Stones—
During an early June fishing session. Connor and I hit the river during the morning before I had to clock in for work. I was using a purple beaded nymph and was euro-nymphing it through deeper pockets, with no luck. So, I looked around and watched the river ecosystem just by itself. Sure enough, there were a lot of emergers and insects flying around. I looked around the area. There were stone flies crawling on the rocks and wood debris lying on the bank.
I tied on the Yinzer Stone Fly. The first drift I sent that fly on was through some pocket water behind a boulder. The water was rushing past the boulder I was targeting. Once that fly hit the seam with the fast and slow water BOOM! A Brown Trout hammered it. While using this fly within 40 minutes, I caught five Brown Trout and three Rainbow Trout. Not only drifting the fly was working but also swinging it through it as well.
Pearl Emergers—
During the week after work, we decided to target one of the smaller high-alpine lakes. We got to the lake around four in the afternoon. We started fishing and I noticed I could see some trout barely breaking the surface of the water. So, with the scene being set. I tied on the Pearl Emerger. After the third cast, I had a Brook Trout absolutely destroy the emerger. It was a great day at the lake. The pearl emerger had started to lay the hammer down on these high-alpine Brookies. When it was all said and done, I had caught 23 Brook Trout on just two different Pearl Emergers.
Flash Midges—
As we were fishing the Firehole River, we started with streamers and Euro-nymphing. We caught some Rainbow Trout and Browns. After two hours of fishing, we had run into a period of no bites, not even a follow. So, we threw on an indicator and tied on the Flash Midge. The Rainbow Trout, Cutbows (Cutthroat and Rainbow Trout hybrid), and Cutthroat Trout were loving it. We caught a total of 33 fish just drifting the suspended flash midges.
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