Fly Fishing Insider Newsletter featuring March Brown May Fly Hatches

Sunday, March 10, 2002 1:00 to 5:00 P.M.
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Mark Meriwether - "Quill Wing Dry Flies & March Browns"

From the book: Hatch Guide For Western Stream by Jim Schollmeyer.

March Brown May Fly Hatches
Rhithrogena morrisoni (that's the scientific name)
March Browns are your first "easy-to-see" hatch of the new season. Look for March Brown hatches on local rivers when water temperatures start reaching 42 degrees consistently. This can occur in most lower

elevation water sheds in mid- February and continues through March and early April. Hatching March Browns can create some very exciting surface film and dry fly fishing. Hatches of duns usually start in the early after noon and spinner falls are in the late evening. Pounding the bottom with weighted March Brown Nymph flies can provide constant action from mid-morning into the early stages of the hatch. The March Brown Nymph in sizes #12 & #14 will be your bread and butter fly. However nymphal color tends to adapt to the color of the stream bed. Fishing two flies at once will increase your odds of hooking up. Usually two different colors or sizes are used. Gold Rib Hares Ear and Olive Hares Ears are valuable flies to have with you and will some times out fish the more realistic patterns. March Brown Nymphs live in riffles and fast, rocky runs. As the nymphs near maturity, they migrate to slower water. During the migration, they can loose their grip and drift in the current. For this reason trout will congregate in places where fast riffles start to slow down and on the seams between the fast and slow water. Fish your nymphs where the current changes speed. Approach the water carefully. Start by fishing the slower water first with flies that are lightly weighted. Your flies will be most effective if they are perfectly dead drift. Cast them slightly upstream and mend a little slack into you presentation. As you work your way out into the faster current, add lead shot to keep your flies near the bottom. As the water warms at mid-day the nymph rise toward the surface to hatch. Some of these nymphs are intercepted by trout during this upward migration. Try tying a March Brown Soft Hackle to a dropper 3' above your nymphs. This technique can pay extra dividends. As the Duns begin to hatch trout will rise to the surface to catch them. This often produces the most visually exciting part of the day. Big trout rising to March Browns during the peak can be very splashy. Often the rise starts much quieter as trout pick off the emergers just below the surface. At this time a March Brown Soft Hackle or Flymph fished just below the surface can be your best fly. It is often even more effective if you add March Brown Cripple or dry fly to a dropper 1' to 3' from your soft hackle and fish both flies dead drift. Duns and emergers produce the best fishing, but some trout will sip spinners in the quietest of water. A March Brown "spinner fall" can extend your fishing day. Spinner falls usually occur over faster water areas. However they create the most reliable feeding activity if they raft up in back eddies down stream. Sometimes the evening back eddy rise that you think is midge emergence is actually created by collecting dead March Brown spinners.
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Nymphs	Floating Nymphs	Duns
Emergers, Sub-Surface	Cripples	Spinners

		March Brown Nymph Pounding the bottom with weighted March Brown Nymph flies can provide constant action from mid-morning into the early stages of the hatch. The March Brown Nymph in sizes #12 & #14 will be your bread and butter fly.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
12200-10	March Brown Nymph	10	3 for $5.25	-->SALE ENDED
12200-12	March Brown Nymph	12	3 for $5.25	-->SALE ENDED
12200-14	March Brown Nymph	14	3 for $5.25	-->SALE ENDED
12200-16	March Brown Nymph	16	3 for $5.25	-->SALE ENDED

		Gold Rib Hares Ear Nymphal color tends to adapt to the color of the stream bed. Fishing two flies at once will increase your odds of hooking up. Usually two different colors or sizes are used. A Gold Rib Hares Ear is one of those flies that look like a lot of different stream bed insects.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
12100-12	Gold Rib Hares Ear Nymph	12	3 for $5.25	-->SALE ENDED
12100-14	Gold Rib Hares Ear Nymph	14	3 for $5.25	-->SALE ENDED

		Olive Hares Ear Nymph Olive Hares Ears are valuable flies to have with you and will some times out fish the more realistic March Brown patterns.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
12110-12	Olive Hares Ear Nymph	12	3 for $5.25	-->SALE ENDED
12110-14	Olive Hares Ear Nymph	14	3 for $5.25	-->SALE ENDED

		March Brown Flymph Often the rise starts quietely as trout pick off the March emergers just below the surface. At this time a March Brown Flymph fished just below the surface can be your best fly.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
1220A-12	March Brown Flymph	12	3 for $5.25	-->SALE ENDED
1220A-14	March Brown Flymph	14	3 for $5.25	-->SALE ENDED

		March Brown Soft Hackle A March Brown Soft Hackle on a dropper 3' above your bottom pounding nymphs can pay extra dividends. A March Brown Flymph fished just below the surface can be good bet during all stages of the hatch.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
1220B-12	March Brown Soft Hackle	12	3 for $5.25	-->SALE ENDED
1220B-14	March Brown Soft Hackle	14	3 for $5.25	-->SALE ENDED

		Paranymph, Brown This is the March Brown May Fly as it hangs in the surface film and is wriggling from the shuck. A Bob Quigley pattern.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
Q301-14	Paranymph, Brown	14	3 for $5.25	-->SALE ENDED
Q301-16	Paranymph, Brown	16	3 for $5.25	-->SALE ENDED

		March Brown Cripple You can fish the cripple like a dry fly by itself or it can be very effective if you add March Brown Cripple to a dropper 1' to 3' from your dry fly and fish both flies dead drift. A Bob Quigley pattern.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
Q1007-14	March Brown Cripple	14	3 for $5.25	-->SALE ENDED

		Hackle-Stacker Sparkle Dun, March Brown This is the March Brown May fly as it is sliding out of or is trapped in side the nymphal shuck. A Bob Quigley pattern.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
Q1029-14	H.S. Sparkle Dun, March Brown	14	3 for $5.25	-->SALE ENDED

		Loopwing Paradun, March Brown This is a realistic pattern that can be very effective under all conditions but especially under the slick water bright light condition where fish can be very wary. Because this fly is fragile it should be saved for special occasions. A Bob Quigley pattern.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
Q235-14	Loopwing Paradun, March Brown	14	3 for $5.25	-->SALE ENDED

		March Brown Traditional Dun This versatile "easy to see" fly is proven under a wide variety of conditions. It may be fished "in the round" or the hackle can be trimmed on the bottom for a lower silhouette.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
3049-14	March Brown Traditional Dun	14	3 for $5.25	-->SALE ENDED

		March Brown Twilight Hair Wing Dun This is our most popular dry fly for the March Brown hatch.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
3051-14	March Brown Twilight Hair Wing Dun	14	3 for $5.25	-->SALE ENDED

		March Brown Parachute This very effective low floating quill body dry fly has a wing post made from lightweight highly visible poly. It is very easy to see, especially on dark overcast days.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
3052-14	March Brown Parachute	14	3 for $5.25	-->SALE ENDED
3052-16	March Brown Parachute	16	3 for $5.25	-->SALE ENDED

		March Brown Spinner A March Brown "spinner fall" can extend your fishing day. Spinner falls usually occur over faster water areas. However they create the most reliable feeding activity if they raft up in back eddies down stream. Sometimes the evening back eddy rise that you think is midge emergence is actually created by collecting dead March Brown spinners.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
3057-14	March Brown Spinner	14	3 for $5.25	-->SALE ENDED

Complete Set of flies, March Brown Hatch Series Three each of every size and pattern listed here: (66) flies in all.
Item	Description	Size	Price	To Top
MARCH-BR	Complete Set of flies, March Brown Hatch Series, (66) FLY SET	12-16	$115.95	-->SALE ENDED

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