The Fall River from the headwaters down to the tubes and to the base of the Falls is all good. There have been some good afternoon BWO hatches with fish feeding nicely on cripples, emergers and duns. Look out for March Browns now too, and don’t head to the Fall for the next few weeks without one in your box.
Midges can also come up at anytime and you could see fish rising softly to something you may not be able to see. It is time for some 7x tippet and a middle winker, century drive midge or griffiths gnat.
With the warm weather returning the ants and beetles are going to wake up as the forest warms. Some will find their way accidentally to the water and become fish food. One of our favorite beetles is the hippie stomper, and for whatever reason a purple one seems especially good for the Fall River, but add a red one and all black one too.
Nymphing with attractors like an Egg or mop fly is often very good, or you can be more realistic with olive scuds, black zebra midges, brown or olive 2 bit hookers and jig PT’s. You can also suggest good things for the fish to eat with perdigons, walt’s worms and slum lords. That slum lord or similar little micro streamers are just deadly on all of our rivers.
Spring Special Guide trips available for $400 for 1 to 3 people. Full Day. Includes Flies and Equipment. No Lunch.