5 flies that catch trout across the Rockies—and beyond | Hatch Magazine – Fly Fishing, etc.

“What did it eat?” I hollered. Across the lake, my fishing buddy Pat yelled back, “Red chironomid. Again.” I set my rod across my lap and unzipped a pouch on my float tube. It was a brilliant spring day, warmer than it had any right to be, and Pat and I were on my favorite high country lake a full month earlier than I’ve ever been before. Usually snow blocks the road until the first week of June. We were floating it before Mother’s Day.
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