Golden Stonefly Adults:
The female Golden Stoneflies can be found depositing their eggs during the
daylight hours every once in a while. It would be a rare occasion that you would
find a Giant Stoneflies doing that. The Golden offers the only opportunity to
catch trout that are feeding on large egg laying stoneflies, although I would
certainly admit that you want exactly find them blanketing the water.
Like most stoneflies, the adult Golden Stoneflies don't get in the water until the
female deposits her eggs. The males don't get in the water at all unless they
accidentally fall or get blown in the water by strong winds. They hatch out of the
water and they mate and die out of the water.
If you do find a few females dipping down to the surface of the water depositing
their eggs, you may want to try an imitation of them. Trout will definitely eat the
egg laying females. Most likely you would encounter this activity very late in the
afternoon. If clouds have covered the sun for some time, they may begin earlier
in the day.
Adult Presentation:
The key to the presentation, is to watch the water for the stoneflies that are
depositing their eggs. That is exactly where you want to fish. They are large
enough that they are easy to spot.
You want to catch to them the easiest way you can get the fly there. They deposit
their eggs in the same water they hatch in. This is faster water, usually riffles and
runs. They are not found in slow moving, smooth water.
The female Golden Stoneflies can be found depositing their eggs during the
daylight hours every once in a while. It would be a rare occasion that you would
find a Giant Stoneflies doing that. The Golden offers the only opportunity to
catch trout that are feeding on large egg laying stoneflies, although I would
certainly admit that you want exactly find them blanketing the water.
Like most stoneflies, the adult Golden Stoneflies don't get in the water until the
female deposits her eggs. The males don't get in the water at all unless they
accidentally fall or get blown in the water by strong winds. They hatch out of the
water and they mate and die out of the water.
If you do find a few females dipping down to the surface of the water depositing
their eggs, you may want to try an imitation of them. Trout will definitely eat the
egg laying females. Most likely you would encounter this activity very late in the
afternoon. If clouds have covered the sun for some time, they may begin earlier
in the day.
Adult Presentation:
The key to the presentation, is to watch the water for the stoneflies that are
depositing their eggs. That is exactly where you want to fish. They are large
enough that they are easy to spot.
You want to catch to them the easiest way you can get the fly there. They deposit
their eggs in the same water they hatch in. This is faster water, usually riffles and
runs. They are not found in slow moving, smooth water.
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