Fishing The Blue-winged Olive Emerger & Blue-winged Olive Emerger with TS :
Emerger:
Most of these mayflies hatch in open water by swimming to the surface and penetrating
the surface film. Many are not able to do so immediately, especially in calmer water, and
the longer it takes, the better it is for the trout. The dun flies away to nearby streamside
vegetation as soon as its wings are dry enough to fly.
For this reason, imitations of the emergers may be important, especially on smooth
flowing waters where they most often emerge. Although emergers work very well at
times, it is important not to fish emerger patterns when they are not very productive. You
may do much better with the nymph. More trout may be taken on the nymphs that are still
rising to begin the emerging process over those that are in some stage of changing into
a winged fly, depending upon the number of nymphs versus emergers.
Some specie, the punctiventris, futile, and the dubium, for example, crawl up the stems of
plants to hatch. If this is the case, then there is no use in imitating the emerger stage.
How would you know? Well, if you are not observing any duns on the water or fish that
roll and show their heads and then their tails, or fish that are hitting something on the
surface with a splashy rise, then you could assume the blue winged olives are crawling
out of the water to hatch. In this case, fish the bottom or emerging nymph imitation or wait
for the spinners to fall. Fishing an emerger or dun imitation would not be productive.
Presentation:
Normally you will be presenting the emerger or dun imitations over smooth water. Trout
usually just causally sip the emerging duns and cripples. This requires a very delicate,
more perfect presentation than the normal. You should use as light of tackle as
appropriate, say in the four-weight or lighter line weights. Five X or six X tippets, two or
three feet long on leaders totaling ten to 12 feet long is usually needed.
In many cases an upstream presentation does not work well in this calmer water and you
need to fish either across stream or downstream. Make certain there is no drag by
allowing some slack line. Usually, the extent of your success depends greatly upon the
presentation. In other cases, where there is smooth water in pockets within larger areas
of rough water, the upstream presentation works very well. If you can get away with it, fish
upstream. You will usually spook less fish.
Emerger:
Most of these mayflies hatch in open water by swimming to the surface and penetrating
the surface film. Many are not able to do so immediately, especially in calmer water, and
the longer it takes, the better it is for the trout. The dun flies away to nearby streamside
vegetation as soon as its wings are dry enough to fly.
For this reason, imitations of the emergers may be important, especially on smooth
flowing waters where they most often emerge. Although emergers work very well at
times, it is important not to fish emerger patterns when they are not very productive. You
may do much better with the nymph. More trout may be taken on the nymphs that are still
rising to begin the emerging process over those that are in some stage of changing into
a winged fly, depending upon the number of nymphs versus emergers.
Some specie, the punctiventris, futile, and the dubium, for example, crawl up the stems of
plants to hatch. If this is the case, then there is no use in imitating the emerger stage.
How would you know? Well, if you are not observing any duns on the water or fish that
roll and show their heads and then their tails, or fish that are hitting something on the
surface with a splashy rise, then you could assume the blue winged olives are crawling
out of the water to hatch. In this case, fish the bottom or emerging nymph imitation or wait
for the spinners to fall. Fishing an emerger or dun imitation would not be productive.
Presentation:
Normally you will be presenting the emerger or dun imitations over smooth water. Trout
usually just causally sip the emerging duns and cripples. This requires a very delicate,
more perfect presentation than the normal. You should use as light of tackle as
appropriate, say in the four-weight or lighter line weights. Five X or six X tippets, two or
three feet long on leaders totaling ten to 12 feet long is usually needed.
In many cases an upstream presentation does not work well in this calmer water and you
need to fish either across stream or downstream. Make certain there is no drag by
allowing some slack line. Usually, the extent of your success depends greatly upon the
presentation. In other cases, where there is smooth water in pockets within larger areas
of rough water, the upstream presentation works very well. If you can get away with it, fish
upstream. You will usually spook less fish.
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