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Fishing Reports
Frying Pan River
October 13, 2008
Posted by Frying Pan Anglers
Contact: Art Rowell
Basalt, Co 81621 USA
Phone 1: (970)9273441
Email: report@fryingpananglers.com
URL: http://www.fryingpananglers.com
Current Report
The colder weather over the
past few days continued to
keep the hatches down on the
Pan. But with a forecast for
warming weather in the coming
week the activity will pick up
again. During the week before
the cold hit, there was some
good dry fly fishing with
BWOs, PMDs and midges. The
melon quill #18 and Barrs
beadhead emerger #18 - #20
worked well as did the Adams
#20-24 and the parachute Adams
#22-#26. In addition before
the fish came closer to the
surface they took RS2s
#18-#22, the Bubbleback PMD
emerger #18 and the FPA gray
emerger #20. The water is
clear but with the winds
having arrived there are a lot
of leaves in the rivers.
Overall the prospects for the
coming week are excellent with
the number of fishermen along
the river continuing to fall.
There are now plenty of
opportunities to get out onto
the river and fish for hours
uninterrupted.
Recommended Flies: We are now
well into Autumn so as the
season progresses and it cools
down, the bugs are getting
smaller. So be prepared to try
midges, BWO's, PMD's, and some
October Caddis patterns.
The midges will come off
during the day, particularly
if it is sunny. So try WD-40's
#20 , red and black
chironocones #20, brassie's
#18 - #22, midge larva
patterns #18 - #22, copper
johns #18 - #22, black
polywings #18 - #22 and
garcia's rojo midges # 18 - #22.
If the fish start moving
higher in the water column or
get active under the surface,
try the gray loopwing emergers
#20 - #22, the FPA special
emergers, biot emergers both
with and without the trailing
shuck and gray RS2's #18 - #22.
When they are on the surface,
try dry patterns such as the
z-wing real midge, suspended
midge and any similar dry
black and gray patterns such
as a parachute Adams in sizes
from #20 through to #28.
For baetis, try some small
nymph patterns such as
pheasant tails and the FPA
sparkle baetis #20 - #24 down
deep. In addition try the
emerger patterns like crystal
hunchback, juju baetis, the
mighty mite, icebreakers and
the FPA sparkle baetis - #18 -
#24 and rs2 #18 - #22 and soft
hackle baetis #18 -#22.
If BWOs start to come off try
dry patterns like the adams
and parachute adams #20-#24
and the matthews #18 - #24
with an emerger dropper. If
the fish are under the surface
try fishing 2 emergers with a
very small weight to get the
flies down a little. An rs2#20
behind an FPA emerger or
sparkle baetis with a thorax
bead will do the trick.
On the bright days the BWO's
will tend to come off in the
shade. But if it starts to
rain, don't come in. Just stay
out on the water as long as
you can.
PMDs are still coming off in
the afternoons so try emergers
and dries as the hatches
start. Try barrs emerger #16
- #18, the FPA special emerger
#16 - #18, the melon and
ginger quills #16 - #18, rusty
spinners #16 - #18 and
Lawsons No Hackle #16 - #18.
In addition try soft hackle
patterns.
Hot Fly Patterns
recommended flies contained
in the report above.
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