Tricos (Tricorythodes) Mayfiles

Being new to FF, I must confess when Tricos are mentioned I am a little clueless. So for the other Women FF and Men FF for that matter, read on. I googled and pasted this info from one of the website (http://business.virgin.net/english.flyfishingshop/dry-trico.html) that helped me know a little about Tricos!

............'These tiny white winged, dark bodied Trico mayflies can trigger aggressive trout feeding. The males normally emerge as duns in great clouds in the evening and overnight on bankside vegetation where they transform into spinners by the following morning. The larger white bodied female duns emerge in the very early morning and change into spinners within minutes. They then enter the mating swarm of male Trico spinners. The males fall back to the water after mating where they are eagerly sucked up by lurking hungry trout. The females collapse into the water after laying eggs. The massive hatches and spinner falls turn the trout into surface feeders'...................

........'The Trico duns of this mayfly normally emerge after dark, and are not as important to the flyfishing angler as the spinners. If you are out fishing on a cool early morning you may see a few Trico duns take off from the top off the water, but not usually in enough numbers to bring lots of trout to the surface. If you are night fishing a small hook black gnat parachute is a great Trico Dun imitation may be found successful. Knowledge of local air temperature conditions on the river you intend to fish is very important in judging when to expect Trico spinner falls. They normally occur in the summer months when the air temperature ranges from 68-70F during a relatively brief hour to hour-and-a half time period. Try to check the local weather forecast prediction overnight low temperature the day before you go fishing and try to estimate when the sun will warm the air to the correct level'.........

............'Trico hatch fishing needs good drag-free presentation. Use a long leader of about 10 feet that turns over efficiently with light supple tippets at least two and a half feet long 6X, 7X or 8X, depending on water conditions. The natural Trico spinners are dead-drifting in the water surface film and flow with the current. Therefore dead drift my trico flies without any movement to mimic the natural tricos as any drag will result in rejection by the hungry trout. When the Trico fall has finished do not pack up and go home. Open your fly box and tie on some terrestrial fly patterns like a hopper, ant or beetle. The Trico feeding trout have been focusing on the water surface. Have found that terrestrials, work well on trout that are still looking for more food from the top'..................

Remember hook sizes #20, #22, or #24

Hope this helps Gals!

don't forget the meeting tomorrow night, Tuesday, Aug 19th,..........subject matter on Tricos!