Gotta match the hatch. If you can catch one and safely stomach pump it will tell you lots. So will walking a shoreline. Wrong size, wrong shade, wrong stage, wrong presentation can further complicate things. Each water body is unique what might work there may not work here.
I learned a valuable lesson one day out on the Bow. I spent all my time casting flies. Met this dude one day and he showed me what I wasn’t doing. Now 1/3 of my fishing time is investigating and studying what’s going on before I tie something on. I fish less minutes than before but catch 5x more.
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