Green River Calendar of Flies
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July 7, 2008. Fishing rated 1 to 10 with one being the worst, ten being incredible. Currently rated=6.0+
The hot weather has brought out the Cicadas, and for the near future the best action is on Cicadas imitations taken off the top. The freshly hatched cicadas will have some olive to them, so you might incorporate touches of it in your patterns. Droppers will increase your effectiveness during the slower periods or when the river is over busy. But for right now the fish are going for the cicadas. Other terrestials such as crickets, stimulators and PMX's work well, as do sailor ants and even some Chernobyl ants.
Streamers have also been working extremely well. Big buggers like the #2-4 Goldilox will do the trick! We're seeing some Caddis flys in the Rock Garden area near Secret Riffle, and some PMD's through the B and C sections.
FORECAST FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AHEAD- RATED 7.0-8.0
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.
- Cicadas #8-12, all variations working well. Olive is best.
- Para Crickets #10-18, Sailor Ants 10-18
- Glo Bugs, San Juan Worms, pale orange, pink, red
- Tungsten Zebra Midges 16-22 black, red, gray, brown
- RS2's and WD 40's grey, olive or wine #18-24 as droppers
- Streamers #2-6 Buggers in tan, black, olive, Goldilox Buggers, Double Bunnies, etc.
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.
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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:
Size 14-18 scud hook
Silver tungsten bead head
Tie wood duck feather fibers (grizzly colored as tail)
Body--grey muscrat
Ribbing (optional)-fine silver wire
Thorax--Grey muscrat, with small strip of mylar on top as wing case.
Thanx to Sean O'Connor, Costa Mesa, CA.!
| FLIES | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midges: pupa, emergers, Griffith's Gnat | ||||||||||||
| Scuds: gray, orange, olive, pink, tan | ||||||||||||
| Cranefly larvae | ||||||||||||
| Baetis: Adams, Blue Dun, Blue Wing Olive | ||||||||||||
| Nymphs: G.R. Hares Ear, Pheasant Tail, Prince | ||||||||||||
| FLIES | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| Cicadia | ||||||||||||
| Attractors: Humpies, Trudes, Wulffs | ||||||||||||
| Pale Morning Dun: PMD, Lt. Cahill | ||||||||||||
| Caddis: brown, olive, peacock | ||||||||||||
| Terrestrials: ants, beetles, crickets, hoppers | ||||||||||||
| Streamers: Wolly Buggers, Zonkers |

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