Green River Calendar of Flies
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March 10, 2010. Fishing rated 1 to 10 with one being the worst, ten being incredible. Currently rated=6 The conditions haven't changed much during the past few weeks. But, with spring just around the corner we'll be seeing some Baetis action soon. Not too much yet...but soon! Streamers seem to be producing best on the river right now. A number of guides are throwing strictly streamers with great success. The Corndog and Playboy patterns are among the best. An unorthodox, but highly successful technique taught to us by a very well-respected Green River guide is fishing a streamer in a dead drift with a BH Wolly Bugger and a nymph dropper. You don't retreive by stripping in the bugger in the normail fashion; you fish it dead drift. The streamer acts as an attractor, and the fish will take the dropper 95% of the time. Very stealthly! Nymphing is also taking a lot of fish throughout the day, and especially productive are slender baetis imitations, such as RS2s and WD40s. Other popular nymphs working are Zebra Midges and bead head PTs. During the midday periods (when there ain't no wind!) look for dry fly baetis action. Very good patterns remail small para Adams and Thorax Blue Duns, as well as Griffiths Gnat. I like the Griffiths tied with a white or fluorescent pink post for visibiltiy.
FORECAST FOR THE
NEXT FEW WEEKS AHEAD- RATED 5.5 and up This week's "Hot Six Flies": The flies mentioned below suggest the available trout food and their imitations. Each week I will list the top six flies that were productive from the week before. The danger here is that things change from week to week, so while trends in fly selection can be consistent, keep in mind they do also change with current fishing conditions.
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We do an overnight float each summer and have our best success
with a local Green River pattern known as a "Chernobyl Ant",
pictured here, fished about 6 inches from shore. This pattern is great
to use starting in Spring.
Here's a "hot" fly for the Green, according to a
visitor to the Green. He calls it the OC Heavy (due to the tungsten).
I guess its a variation of a WD-40, but with a mylar wing case (kinda
hard to see in this desktop scan), and a tungsten bead. Easy to tie,
yet very effective on the Green. Here's how to tie it:
