APRIL
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April 29 2005 - 53 degrees - PM
Brown sipping spinners -
Tony Macchiarola Photo (thanks Tony)
April
26 2005 - 55 degrees - 6:55PM
sunlight catches
Hendrickson spinners in the air - good spinner fall tonight
and
within a half-hour all over the water:
April
20 2005 - 82 degrees - 3:45PM
April
18 2005 - 69 degrees - 4:30PM
2005
Hendrickson pics:
Emerging male:
Female:
April
17 2005 - 65 degrees - 6:40PM - A few fish rising to Hendricksons
and Stoneflies. Caddis and Olives in the air as well.
Torrey
works the top of Church Pool
April
16 2005 - 65 degrees - 4:15PM - female Hendrickson Dun
Hendricksons
appeared around 3:15 PM this afternoon with a light hatch to ~6PM and
tapering off into dark
April
14 2005 - 65 degrees - 4:20PM - no Hendricksons, plenty of 1 inch
Stoneflies
The
water is clearing nicely
April
3 2005 - 44 degrees - 4:00PM - very high water after recent rains;
will it be down for the hatch?
the
BIG ROCK at the Corner Pool - under water!
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April 28 2004 - 52 degrees - 4:30PM
Hendricksons scattered all over the water in the wind - including a few spinners
Female Dun: light almost olive colored body, size 10-12
Male Dun: dark reddish body, big spherical eyes size12-14
April 28 2004 - 38
degrees - 7:30AM
the water is high and cloudy
so I couldn't help adding a shot of this morning's colorful toms and
hens
April 26 2004 - 51
degrees - 5:10PM
April showers bring
may...flies?
The plants are beginning to
green-up a bit around a few die-hards putting up with the rain.
April 22 2004 - 64
degrees - 6:00PM
the river getting busy with
the chance of rising fish and spinners - there were a few of both
tonight
April 19 2004 - 87
degrees - 5:00PM
April 18 2004 - 73
degrees - 3:20PM
-the Hendricksons have arrived!
just a very few cruising
fish catch on to the activity at the surface
Rob
Nicholas shoots some casts from the wall with a 7613-L copy
"M-mm. This thing has some
power..!"
April
14 2004 - 47 degrees - 7:20AM
April
11 2004 - Easter - 56 degrees - 4:00PM
the Meadows Gate is open
again
numerous
Stoneflies and Olives on the surface cause a few splashy rises here and
there
Note: Olive=2 tails, Blue
Quill (Paraleptophlebia)=3 tails
April
7 2004 - 42 degrees - 5:25PM
a few sz16 Olives on the
water this afternoon
April
2 2004 - 37 degrees - 9:45AM
April 30 2003 - 50 degrees - 9:10 AM
April
29 2003 - 70 degrees - 4:30 PM
fisherman working a nice
riser near the end of today's hatch
April
29 2003 - 68 degrees - 8:50 AM - AM Hendrickson spinner ffall
April
26 2003 - rainy 48 degrees - 2:30PM
April
24 2003 - raw, breezy 45 degrees - 11:30AM
before noon, even in the cold wind - a few
Hendricksons emerging - and no trout rising
April
22 2003 - 42 degrees - 8:50AM
50
degrees - 8:40AM
water clearing up nicely
April
20 2003 - 71 degrees - 4:20PM -
Hendricksons are here!
April
19 2003 - 65 degrees - 3:30PM
KC at the Shepaug - opening
day
April
17 2003 - 45 degrees - 2:20PM
Not a Hendrickson
April
15 2003 - 75 degrees - 2:30PM
still waiting for the
Hendricksons & a casualty of a long winter? (mink)
April
14 2003 - 56 degrees - 12:30PM
April
8 2003 - 28 degrees - 10:34AM
AFTER ~2"snow
April
7 2003 - 25 degrees - 9AM
BEFORE
April
2 2003 - 39 degrees - 8:45AM
April
1 2003 - 26 degrees - 9AM
cloudy river water meets the
clear water of brook
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