First there were absolutely no white Miller Caddis anywhere. No, no BWOs either. We found, get this, a smattering of Tricos early. They were gone by 1100. Then nothing. There was a ton of Hoppers. Smaller ones say #12 2x long or a #10. But after pitching a few different hopper patterns at them and hunting the depths of as many undercut banks as we could, nothing. Then at about 1330 a midge hatch had a few pods of trout on the surface. We put the steel to about eight or ten rainbows to 12"s with a #22 Griffth's Gnat then it shut off completely in an hour or so. That was it. Done. Note too that we checked a few different locations on the Madison for the "Runners". None to be found. None. The river is very low and it's still way too warm yet. I'd give that another week or so. We need cold weather for that and a few shorter days to assist in the photoperiodism effect.
Anyway, that is our report that goes nothing like the reports from the FF shops in the area. For what it's worth.
