07-13-2010, 06:19 PM
Salmonfly hatches are the most fickle hatches of all. The water can be too high or a rain will put an end to it. Lots of adults emerging from a stretch of water probable won't last but a couple days at most in idea conditions. And it doesn't usually last but a few hours per day. Hit it too late and the fish are done gorging and don't want to feed despite some adults emerging. Most years it's more hype than reality. Maybe 1 out of 3-4 years that hatch goes off as well as possible. Those years it lives up to the legend if you can time it right. The larger trout feed with absolute abandon. Hooking into many dozens of bigger trout per hour can happen on those big size 4 dries in the mid to late afternoon. Alot of trial and error is needed to time a hatch that's local. Good luck if you're trying to time a hatch that you're traveling to. Personally I'd take 1 good salmonfly hatch over a dozen green drake hatches on the Provo. That's like comparing the experience of driving a Porsche (real Porsche not that SUV) to that of a Toyota.
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