White Miller Adult (Nectopsyche species)
The egg laying activity it the highlight of the White Miller hatch as far as I am
concerned. It usually starts in the afternoon and gets to going stronger near
dark. It probably continues through the night. The females fly just above the
water but do touch and even lite on the surface when they deposit their eggs.
The trout eat them as fast as they can catch them.
The light colored caddis are easy to spot even in low light situations. Just by
watching the stream you can observe where most of the activity is occurring. At
times there are so many flies on the water it is difficult to get the trout to notice
your fly. We have had the best results working on individual trout rising, or I
should say chasing the egg laying females.
Presentation:
Most of the time I use a down and across presentation but I don't think it matters
much. Getting the fly to where a trout is trying to catch an egg layer is the key. If
you can't find an individual trout to fish to, just present the fly in the area of the
stream you last saw any trout splashing the surface after the egg layers. This
can be a very fun way to catch trout. I have taken several in a very short period
of time when they were a lot of them on the water and I have also seen so many
of them on the water at the same time, it made it difficult to catch a fish. There
was just too many of them for the trout to choose from.
The egg laying activity it the highlight of the White Miller hatch as far as I am
concerned. It usually starts in the afternoon and gets to going stronger near
dark. It probably continues through the night. The females fly just above the
water but do touch and even lite on the surface when they deposit their eggs.
The trout eat them as fast as they can catch them.
The light colored caddis are easy to spot even in low light situations. Just by
watching the stream you can observe where most of the activity is occurring. At
times there are so many flies on the water it is difficult to get the trout to notice
your fly. We have had the best results working on individual trout rising, or I
should say chasing the egg laying females.
Presentation:
Most of the time I use a down and across presentation but I don't think it matters
much. Getting the fly to where a trout is trying to catch an egg layer is the key. If
you can't find an individual trout to fish to, just present the fly in the area of the
stream you last saw any trout splashing the surface after the egg layers. This
can be a very fun way to catch trout. I have taken several in a very short period
of time when they were a lot of them on the water and I have also seen so many
of them on the water at the same time, it made it difficult to catch a fish. There
was just too many of them for the trout to choose from.
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