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General Region	Paradise Valley, south of Livingston, MT
Specific Location	spring creek, courtesy FFF conclave
Time of Day	noon to nine
Fish Caught	two browns and a rainbow
Conditions & Hatches	afternoon very windy, grew cloudy, few bugs and fewer fish. after 6, no wind, hatch of pale mayflies and some smaller olive looking ones water 56 degrees

Details and Discussion

CaseyP	August 2nd, 2007, 9:37 pm
Arlington, VA/ Mercersburg, PA Posts: 653	caught three fish. one on a home-tied pheasant tail nymph in slow water (why do i spend any money at all on flies?). two on a waterhen bloa tied for trip to Yorkshire. used it when all the pale and olive colored emergers, duns, drys and whatevers failed. caught the first in front of the class i was taking, the second was on the last cast of the day. honestly! Softhackle and his brothers have gained another convert, big time. The only honest swipes those trout took were at the bloa. Best Fishing Buddy now wants to learn how to do this. guess it looked easier than slinging those drys into the most amazing set of cross currents and swells you ever did see. drag? oh brother...
	"You can observe a lot by watching." Yogi Berra
Softhackle	August 3rd, 2007, 7:23 am
Site Editor Wellsville, NY Posts: 540	Casey, Trout everywhere like the soft-hackles and flymphs. They fit the bill so perfectly. They are relatively easy to tie, and are very effective to represent a myriad of water-borne insects. The list of converts grows everyday. Mark
	"I have the highest respect for the skilled wet-fly fisherman, as he has mastered an art of very great difficulty." Edward R. Hewitt Flymphs, Soft-hackles and Spiders: http://www.troutnut.com/libstudio/FS&S/index.html
Martinlf	August 4th, 2007, 9:25 am
Moderator Palmyra PA Posts: 3233	I'm a believer, if not the most skilled wet fly fisherman. I don't use them as much as I probably should, but am determined to learn to fish them better.
	"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'" --Fred Chappell
Wbranch	August 4th, 2007, 10:37 am
York & Starlight PA Posts: 2733	Did the spring creek happen to be Armstrong?
	Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.
CaseyP	August 8th, 2007, 7:53 pm
Arlington, VA/ Mercersburg, PA Posts: 653	nope, not to worry, but I bet they would work there. CAVEAT: turns out it's illegal to fish three hooks at once in Montana. My bad... two at once, though--go for it!
	"You can observe a lot by watching." Yogi Berra
Wbranch	March 26th, 2008, 4:08 pm
York & Starlight PA Posts: 2733	Six of us fished a Livingston spring creek on June 30, 2007 from about 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. We were on the Missouri but had booked this one day before we flew out. We had absolutely incredible fishing. Two of the party fished nothing but nymphs pretty much for the whole day and they landed no less than fifty fish. Me and the other three guys fished dry all day and landed more than we cared to count.
	Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.

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