The sucker spawning activity has come and gone but there was good fishing to be had while it lasted. Lots of fishermen around too. One morning at the #10 bridge on the Magalloway River I counted 7 cars fishing there and another 5 cars parked at “the snowmobile bridge” trail. That is a lot of fishermen for a small area. The parking area at the Rangeley River by that snowmobile bridge was also full of cars. My clients during that week caught a number of fish on sucker spawn imitations but also green-colored nymphs such as a green copper john. I had someone slip in the Maggalloway and when he pulled himself up his waders were covered with olive green caddis larva so It is no mystery why green is a good color. Salmon were active up and down the Magalloway and were still whacking streamers –so were the big fallfish that were starting their spawning activities. Many fisherman, particularly beginners enjoy catching the two to three pound fallfish. It is good practice for setting the hook and playing a big fish – the larger ones fight pretty well.
Fishing the sucker spawn is always interesting – on the upper Mag (above the gates –have to stay at Bosebuck to access) – one riffle runs into a pool in five distinct mini current streams. Fish were stacked up in only one – the others were vacant –even though each current looked similar. Sucker eggs must have been drifting down there and nowhere else.
The first hatches started in the logan on Kennebago Lake with very few anglers around. Brook trout in the 12-16 range could be taken on dries which is always a treat. These early mayflies actually start to emerge under the water, fly rapidly away, and don’t linger at the surface, so emerger patterns work better than traditional dry flies, particularly for larger fish. Here is an excerpt from my upcoming book –from the chapter on spring hatches…
Ahh… the warmer days of late spring and early summer – the season of mayfly hatches – the foundation of fly fishing, and for many, its soul. Consider all the bank-side discussions shared, the flies tied, and even many a book written, waiting for the hatch to start.
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I hope to get videos from the smelt run and sucker spawn up on the sight soon. Check back next week.