Cased Caddis Larva

Excellent mid-day fly for nymph fishing karst streams...

Slide Show: Days of Trout and Mushrooms

 

Return to the Karst Stream

I just made this short video about a small karst stream in Serbia that I have fished since childhood. I was lucky to have excellent weather there this past week, along with equally good fishing for small wild brown trout on both dry flies and nymphs.

There were excellent caddis hatches (mostly Hydropsyche), some Sericostoma, and a healthy presence of various mayflies, especially during the evening spinner falls of E. danica, Ecdyonurus/Rhitrogena, and some Baetis. A few Isoperla stoneflies were also noted.

It is still a rather wild place, with a fragmented stream structure and remarkable biodiversity of aquatic insects. One pool may come alive with a caddis hatch, while the next may fish better with an E. danica spinner. Many stretches are overgrown with deadfalls, and the canyon section is truly epic.

The video mostly shows the gentler upstream reaches, which do not descend too steeply.

Hendrickson Emerger/Cripple

Hairwing Ecdyonurus Spinner

Happy New Year!

Hairwing Danica Spinner

French Partridge Mayfly

October Caddis

Squirrel and hackle!

Caribou Goddard Caddis

Mayfly Compara-Emerger

From the fly-archives....I tied this fly 15 or 16 years ago. Comparadun/ostrich nymph transitional emerger, size 10.

Mayfly Para-Spinner

CDC & Elk Cinnamon Caddis and Cricket

             

Limnephilidae Deep Sparkle Pupae

Classics. (One floating version is also included...)

Klinks

Tying some smaller Klinks...even though I like to fish larger dries when I can!

Three Favorite Dry Flies From My Recent Trip

Both caddis and mayflies hatches were prolific during my recent trip. I fished imitations for both insect groups, but fish seemed to key on caddis most of the time. These were the most productive dry flies...

Fly Fishing in Serbia: Limestone/Karst Stream Trout