He had the place all to himself. Briscoe also enjoys the various angling mysteries that unfold as the season progresses. An assortment of midges, scuds, water boatmen and organisms too small to consider slosh across his palm. A damselfly nymph has been consumed so recently it wriggles away. Briscoe enjoys greatest success on an olive scud of the type designed by Denver type Mike Tucker, a winning pattern any time of year.
Some trout go for a trailing water boatman.
Later, toward mid-May, a damsel emergence takes center stage, followed by a Calibaetis mayfly. Throughout the summer, anglers find fish grazing along the edge of weed beds. Come back in July and it might not even snow.