One rough trip

[Zach Matthews]

Geez, some times it just doesn’t work out does it?

[John Stanley]

Did someone hit the chicken shack out on 421?
I love to fish Beaverdam on falling water in the late spring and summer.

[Jack Cummings]

Zach, were fish showing face on the SoHo?
Any BWO’s or Sulfurs fluttering around?
Most importantly, did you try those black fly larva?
Them’s getters on the SoHo at times! ;D

[anonymous]

Hey, Peddler
I fished the Soho with Zach.

[Jack Cummings]

Some folks are VERY particular about their larva patterns. I don’t think it much matters as long as they are dark and small with maybe a touch of light color near the head.
I tie them with thread bodies only or small root beer flashabou type stuff and sometimes use a

[brian dunigan]

Do you dead-drift the black fly larva, swing it, or something else?

Also, do you fish it right at the bottom or higher up in the water column?

Midge fishing is something I could stand to learn more about.

[Jack Cummings]

Near bottom. On the river posted about here, the water is generally thin and one small splitshot 12-16″ above the fly will work.

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