FF WM of Mn meeting at W. Bush Lake was very informative. David Hall was our presenter. He spoke on the life cycle of Tricos and how fish responds during this cycle depending on weather conditions. The male tricos, black bodies, usually hatch at night; and the female tricos, green bodies with dun colored wings, usually hatch in the morning, around daybreak. During the mating ritual, the male and female will mate in a cluster over a riffle(try fishing the spinner pattern in in riffles-need to make a wiggle cast and make sure no drag). As the males completes the process, will land or fall on the water(spinner fall can be the hardest part to fish); and the female will lay their eggs shortly and die as well(before they hit the water try fishing emerger pattern across and downstream). Hook sizes #20,22,24.

David recommended 'Mayflies: An Angler's Study of Trout Water Ephemeroptera; by Knopp and Cormier. Also a plug for their website www.troutnut.com.


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Fishing Reports for Kinni/RR at the website for Lunds Fly Shop in RF, WI. The list below have been reported successful as of 08/13/08 posting:

(K) Kinni
(RR) Rush River
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BH Pheasant Tail-(K)
Black Ant-(K)
Pink Squirrels –(K,RR)
Allison's Two-Tone Scud-(K)
Prince Nymph-(K)
Bread & Butter Black Caddis – (K,RR)
Gray Midge-(K)
Trico Spinners-(K)
Blue Wing Olives-(K)
Black Crickets – (K,RR)
Some Hoppers – (K,RR)
Black Beetles-(RR)
Flying Ants-(RR)
Pheasant Tail Nymph-(RR)
BWO Struggling Dun-(RR)
Rob's Gray Scud-(RR)


Being new to FF, I still need visuals to associate the name.

So for the FF novice like me, I added the Fly Slide Show

Keep those fly lines wet!