Spring Dry Fly Fishing (Blue Winged Olives)
"THE OLIVES ARE COMING!" Thankfully, that's a good thing so unlike Paul Revere, I'm a happy camper because...they are here. If you're not sure what I'm talking about, then look up Blue Winged Olives on the Google machine. The anticipation of Spring also brings the anticipation of the first mayflies of the year, which on many rivers, are BWO's. It's interesting that because of the weather, some parts of the country have had olives for multiple weeks and other parts still have not seen them, at least not yet. Some advice from an insightful blog I read about the Delaware River after the 1st of April made me laugh because I was proud that I literally had done the same thing a few days before. He said, "I'm prideful, but not stupid." This is in reference to both of us taking advice from fly shops about where to find rising fish. During early Spring it's not a guarantee that you'll show up and have noses breaking the surface. Hatc
