Trivia question of the day

[Jack Bright]

Ron--Those great looking streams must have a rather constant temp. of
around 70 degrees. Do the spotteds spawn in Spring as Smallmouth ?
What, beside top water do you use ? Streamers, Wooly buggers, craw flies ?
Smallmouth, Bluegills, (Brim to you Southern folk) are my favorite fly fod
quarry, and have been for over 40 years.---Jack

[Ron Mc]

yes, Jack, and it's unfortunate that they do. Smallies stocked in the mid-70 have so interbred that the endemic spotted bass are extinct in at least one river system.
We have a handful of A-strain sanctuaries. The good news is, A-strain endemic guadalupe bass that have been stocked a little farther west (Sabinal R., Nueces R) outside of their natural range are thriving and growing larger than in their native streams.

They will hit BWO emergers from the late fall into early spring, and the right color damselfly in the summer. Poppers.
95% of the time, though, I'm throwing a cats whisker with a sinking line, T130 or BS100

http://www.flyfishohio.com/The_Cat's_Meow.htm

Joe C. posted my photos and recipe for this pattern on his webpage
http://www.flyfishohio.com/

another fly I use frequently is a whistler pattern:
http://orcaonline.org/images/pixel.gif ... php?t=1447

[RAM]

Thanks for the info Ron-That last pic gives me a good idea of what the bedrock looks like-pitted dolomite, like some of our limestone. The milkiness has one advantage-you can slip up on them easier! Yesterday I was standing in 4 foot deep water and could have read a book on the bottom (if I had a waterproof book and my better glasses). They saw me when I got out of the car! Keep casting! Bad Bob

[Ron Mc]

the water in this river can be that clear as well, Bob. Almost always at the headwaters.
Right now our tailace is that clear, and I haven't seen it that way since before the 2002 flood.

but I agree, a little bit of turbidity, cloud cover, fog, wind - it all helps the stealth.