Buzz’s Spring Creek Fishing Report – July 1, 2009
The Spring Creeks are producing some great dry fly fishing with Midges, PMD’s, Terrestrials and some Caddis bringing up fish. However if the wind blows most of the fishing is nymph fishing and that is usually pretty good. This is a great time of year for sight nymphing big fish in the Creeks.
The Midge hatches are sporadic and are occurring on calm mornings and sometimes again in the early evenings. My favorite Midge patterns have been: our Captive Midge, a Harrop CDC Hanging Midge, a Buzz's CDC Midge, a Harrop CDC Emerging Midge or a Harrop Gray Adult Midge all in sizes 20 to 22. A great pattern to trail off any of these is Gary's Midge Pupa, a WD-40, a Miracle Nymph or a Zebra Midge all in sizes 18 to 22.
The PMD hatches are good and are occurring from late morning into the early afternoon. My favorite patterns have been a PMD Comparadun, A Harrop CDC Biot PMD Emerger, a Harrop Shortwing Emerger (Olive or Cream) and a Harrop No Hackle PMD Dun.
On calm evenings there has been a good PMD Spinner fall. If the evening is windy the spinner fall occurs the next morning. My favorite patterns are a Harrop Paraspinner in rusty or light olive, a Harrop CDC Spinner or our PMD Biot PMD Spinner all in a size 18.
On warmer sunny days there are some Caddis hatches in the riffle areas. My favorite Caddis patterns are a Harrop Henry’s Fork Caddis in an Olive or a Tan (size 18), our Gary’s Caddis (size 18) or our Ron’s Caddis (size 16).
The Terrestrial fishing is fair to good, with both Ants and Beetles bringing up fish. My favorite patterns are a Jimmies Tri Ant (sizes 16 to 20) or a Harrop CDC Beetle (size 18).
The Nymph fishing has been good. There are various Mayfly nymphs available to the fish along with Midge Larva and Pupa, Scuds, Sow Bugs and Caddis Larva and Pupa. Midge Larva and Midge Pupa patterns, Sawyer Pheasant Tails, Scuds, Sow Bugs, Caddis Larva and Caddis Pupa and WD-40's have all been very effective.
Most of the flies suggested above are locally tied and have been developed especially for the Paradise Valley Spring Creeks by the Spring Creek Specialists Fly Shop.
We now have over 500 patterns just for the Paradise Valley Spring Creeks, including 54 patterns by Rene Harrop.
Many of the fly patterns mentioned can be seen at www.depuyspringcreek.com. Just follow the link to fly patterns. Also all of our patterns are available for sale by contacting us by email at basini@mcn.net or calling us at 406 222 5664.
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