There are now good hatches of aquatic insects on our mountain trout streams and the trout are coming up well to feed on the floating naturals. These trout will take your dry flies readily if you present them in the same line of drift as the naturals. However, this can be a little tricky. The streams are carrying higher water levels than the trout usually encounter at this time of the year, so many of them select feeding stations in the back eddies on the sides of the main flows. The currents here are actually flowing upstream along the banks, forming a large lazy Susan that may range from three feet wide to ten feet wide. In order to catch these trout you must have your fly drifting drag-free just like the naturals. Watch the drift of the bubbles and foam to evaluate the currents.—I often rely on a slack line cast to help me present my fly naturally in these back eddies.
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