Buzz’s Spring Creek Fishing Report – July 1, 2008

  The Spring Creeks are providing some great dry fly fishing with  Midges, PMD’s, Terrestrials and  a few Caddis bringing up fish.  The PMD hatches and Spinner Falls have been very good.

  The Midge hatches have been sparse to fair and are occurring in the mornings and sometimes again in the afternoons. My favorite Midge patterns have been: our Captive Midge, a Harrop CDC Hanging Midge, a Buzz's CDC 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 Black Beauty all in sizes 18 to 22.

   The PMD hatches are good and are occurring in the late morning to early afternoon. My favorite patterns are a Harrop Short Wing Emerger (Olive or Cream), a Harrop Biot PMD Emerger, a Harrop No Hackle PMD or a PMD Comparadun, all in a 16 or 18. 

   On most evenings there has been a good PMD Spinner fall. If the evening is windy then the spinner fall usually happens the following morning. My favorite patterns have been a PMD Biot Spinner or a Harrop PMD Parachute Spinner in Rusty or Olive.

   In the afternoon there have been some sparse Caddis hatches near the riffle areas. My favorite patterns have been a Harrop Olive Henry’s Fork Caddis, an Olive Elk Hair Caddis and a Gary’s Caddis, all in a size 18.

   In the afternoons the Terrestrial fishing has been pretty good. Both Ants and Beetles have been effective. My favorites have been a Harrop CDC Beetle, a Foam Beetle and a Jimmies Tri Ant, all in a 16 or 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.

Spring Creek Specialists Fly Shop    on DePuy Spring Creek    Livingston, MT 59047

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