BWO's Begin

green river flies The the blue winged olives have started out on a regular basis. Each afternoon the bugs are emerging and fish have started to key on them. Most of the nymphs and emergers are dark olive, almost black, while the adults are more of a grayish olive. Adult BWO's are easily identifiable by there upright sailboat wings. Most of the adults have been around a size 16. They will slowly decrease in size as the hatch goes on. If it's a drizzly overcast day and there is a big hatch, adults as large as 14's will be present. Remember, the biggest hatches occur on the bad weather days. Oft times on sunny days the fish will key on emergers and nymphs instead of the adults. Good times and dancing lines.

Posted on 4/23/2009 under blue winged olives, hatches, bwo