From: jbcst+@pitt.edu (John B. Coxey)
Newsgroups: alt.fishing
Subject: Re: Trico/caddis
Keywords: Trico-flies
Date: 27 Jul 92 03:35:11 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

In article <3780@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP> jbcst+@pitt.edu (John B. Coxey) writes:
>In article <Brwn72.70C@news.cso.uiuc.edu> kenf@uiuc.edu writes:
>>In perusing a calendar of the Western fly fishing season I came
>>across the following: "Tricos, PMD's and caddis often blanket the
>>water." PMD must be a Pale Morning Dun and I know that caddis are
>>in the order Trichoptera. So, what's the difference between a caddis
>>and a trico ?


Follow up article on tricos:

    From "Fly Fishing Guide PA-NY-MD-NJ-DE" - July 1992 (pages 11&16)

    Charlie Meck writes:  The trico mayfly is known as "Tricorythodes
                          atratus".

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    Other notes by Meck:

       Spinner falls usually occur from 7AM to 10AM, however, I've
fished spinner falls as late as noon in September and October.  The
duration of the fall varies greatly depending on the temperature.  On
hot summer mornings the trico fall may last for half an hour.  On
cooler, less humid days it might continue for more than an hour.

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     Notes by me:

     These tricos do not look anything like a cadis.  They are true
mayflies, as near as I can tell.                 

      Usually, it is the glittering of their wings that will get your
attention, and usually, if there is one there is a thousand or so.  On
Elk Creek last Friday (7/17/92) I saw at least 1,000 tricos
mating/flying up and down (height-wise).  It was around 80 degrees, but
it looked as if it were going to rain.  If the sun came out, the tricos
would dissappear, but if the clouds came back, the tricos would
reappear.  I managed to catch one and take it to the fly-store and they
said it was a definite trico.  

      Througout the day, as I moved down the stream I would
occaisionally see 2 or 3 tricos here or there, but the first hatch I
saw that morning (8ish) was the only great hatch I saw that day.

     Now the brown trout were rising in the pool (about 15-20 foot long
and 7-10 foot wide) but not breaking the surface, and it was only
occaisional rising, not a great rush.  There were lots of small
(very small) nymphs on the rocks I turned over, (not sure if these
were trico nymphs or not).  Anyway, I managed to nail around 25
wild brown trout in 8 hours,  with the avge around 10-12 inches and
one nice one of around 14 inches.  Not bad for a catch and keep, non
stocked trout stream in central Pa.  (BTW/ All fish I caught were
c/r.)


    Spring Creek (Centre County), did not have that many tricos on it
on Thursday (7/16/92) or on Saturday/Sunday (7/18-19/92), just a few
here and there.   However, size 14 fur ants (black) did wonders.  I
probably caught and released close to 100 - 150 trout the two
days I hit up Spring Creek.  However, none was over 12 inches,  most
were rainbows with I'd say around 7-8 browns.

   Some guys were using a red-tailed hopper (not sure if it was a Joe's
Hopper or not) down at Benner Springs and they seemed to be pounding
up the little rainbows as well.  The one guy said he nailed a nice
15 inch rainbow.  

    [Note: Spring Creek is all wild trout and all no-kill zone, which
makes it probably the best public trout water in Pa.]

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    Right now, it has been raining for 4 days.  We just had a tornado
pass through north of here (Greensburg, Pa.) and Centre County
(100 mi east of here) has had lotsa rain lately (we needed it).  So
fishing has been slow.  I'm getting cabin fever,  reason for
long article.

    Hope this helps.


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latre,

John Coxey