April spring creek update

Weather has been the “X” factor this whole month, and it hasn’t seemed to follow the forecast all that often–it’s been windy on days that were supposed to be calm, sunny on days when the forecast is for cloud cover, mild on some days that were supposed to be freezing.  I guess the lesson is [...]

Spring creek update – PMDS!

Summer is finally here on the Paradise Valley spring creeks–the PMDs hatches have started.  But the weather has been so unsettled–with a mix of sun and wind and showers and some strong afternoon thunderstorms–the timing of the hatch has varied quite a bit day to day, and the dry fly fishing has been spotty so [...]

Spring creek update

Spring creek update

Unsettled weather has meant a mixed bag of fishing conditions on the spring creeks over the last couple of weeks. Windy days have been tough, and the dry fly fishing has been minimal on the brighter days. Nelson’s has been the exception–the Baetis hatches have been very fishable on Nelsons’s, even on most of the [...]