1st timer. Went to Hay Creek on Saturday morning. Busy, but found a place that wasn't hit. Found fish schooled up in deep holes, but we didn't find anything in fast moving water. That seemed strange to me, but I just started fly fishing a couple years ago. My buddy caught a couple, but I am sitll learning how to cast well. However, I did miss a good one on a dry fly. Dont' know what it was because my buddy gave it to me. I think it was a Hendricks. I love it. I am really looking to learn. Any tips???
I fish Hay quite a bit. It's close. It may be a bit low, but not too bad. The trout can hide in amazingly shallow water. 8" will hold a nice surprize if you can sneak up and get a good cast in before they sence you're there. I guess I asume anything deeper than 6-8" has fish and give it a sneaky shot or two before moving on. Walk lightly, move slow and low. If you can see them, they probably have seen you. If you don't see any, they probably see you coming and are hiding before you get there. Hay gets POUNDED! so "SNEAKY" is the order of the day.
Good luck out there.
Jim
farmington, the vermillion does have big browns, i saw a pair of them last time i was there but they were very finiky. i casted everything i could think of a i didnt even get a glance out of them. its a harder stream to fish. like alot of streams it gets pounded, especially being closer to the cities.
And welcome to the site psyfisher!
