Blue Wings

They're here, Blue Wing Olives that is, on the Lower Truckee River. They are a true size #16 and you'll see an armada of them floating down the river daily, mid-day. The trick is to look for the bigger snouts poking there heads up through the film. Weed out the smaller fish to get to the bigger ones. The hatch will just get better in the next few months, especially on those nasty stormy days. The hatch can be pretty intense when it's cloudy. Some of the best dry fly fishing in the West? could be. Nymphing is good too now. I'll start with my black baetis nymph sz #18 in the mornings and as the hatch progresses work my way up in size to a #16 nymph. I'll eventually throw on my baetis emerger (my homey) #16, and nymph with it or throw it off the back of a dry. These are some client fish caught in the last few days on the Nevada side of the Truckee River.