General Fishing Report October 9, 2021

Hey out there anglers!  Hope Fall is treating you well.  It's pretty amazing out there right now, and I'm not even talking about the fishing. Beautiful weather and stunning foliage, a fabulous combination. And the trout fishing right now is pretty good to boot!  Otter Creek tribs are on the low and clear side, but fishing well.  The Otter itself is fishing excellent right now, and at a great flow too.  During the last rainy weekend, there was a consistent BWO (Blue Winged Olive) hatch happening, and most of my fish were taken using some small BWO nymphs and emergers.  I fished both flies as part of a nymph rig, with a heavier fly as the anchor.  The key was getting the two fly rig to penetrate the fast water and into the feeding zone quickly.  During some sunnier weather recently, the fish were is the same water type, but happily eating size 12-14 mayfly nymphs, like the Iron Lotus, thread Frenchie and Strolis' quill bodied nymph (all of which have similar body types: slim like the naturals and slim to penetrate the water column quickly).  Shades of olive worked the best.  Tan Caddis pupa type flies have also been working on the...