drakes

[Chappy]

Has anyone been spotting yellow drakes in numbers on the Farmington. I have seen a few up here on the Westfield not in numbers though. I see caddis fluttering in sworms depending on the evening. I saw these huge caddis the other night with white wings tan body and florescent caddis green at the abdomen tip I took quite a few that night on a hot butt cdc and elk. It is getting really hot in the day so I try stay away from the river between 10 and 6. 6 to 9 is my favorite summer time to fish no matter what species of fish I'm going for.

[The Patriot]

Haven't been on the Farmington much, due to a combination of factors (rain, high water, salt water fishing, family/home stuff, work)..... but it's about that time. They should start showing up any time now....

The green tip on the abdomen of the flies you saw were most likely the egg mass of an egg laying female caddis. That also accounts for your success on the hot butt fly you used, which is designed to imitate that egg laying female. During those events I have also had success with tan spent delta wing caddis imitations, which imitate the dead and dying caddis post mating.

As for evenings, I have found July and August evenings can be hit or miss, particularly when it's real hot. Sometimes it can be good, but sometimes it can be dead, or you can get a very, very brief window of surface action right at dark. The mornings can actually be more productive, since it is the coolest part of the day and the water is cooler at dawn than it is at dusk, after the sun has been on the water all day.

Just my 2 cents based on my own personal perspective.....

[Hot Tuna]

My experience with the Drakes is that they hatch sporadically throughout the day. The normally wily fish of Greenwoods can't seem to resist a convincing yellow drake fly; my favorite for larger dries(isos, drakes etc)
is Rene Harrops hairwing dun.
My humble opinion,
Hot Tuna