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- Evening Spinner Fall on local waters…
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- Eric and I were instructors at last week’s Team USA Youth Fly Fishing Tryouts…
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- Chile!!!
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- Spring creek brown in Chile…
This is my first attempt at writing “the blog”. For those of you who haven’t met up with me yet, my name is Lance Wilt and I joined forces with Eric, Tracey and the Spruce Creek Fly Company this past March. I grew up on the waters of Big Fishing Creek and Penns, and started guiding with Eric and the Spruce Creek Fly Co. After several years and places later, I’m back with Eric…and now Tracey, and couldn’t be happier. As I’m writing, Eric is still on the water, I had an early trip today and Tracey (the boss) has put me in charge of writing the blog that is in serious need of being updated.
Now for the low down: The fishing has continued to be some of the best Eric and I have witnessed. So far (knock on wood), Mother Nature has continued to bring us consistent rains that should keep the streams in good shape for the next several weeks.
Both Eric and I have had the pleasure of guiding some good “sticks” over the course of the last month. May’s hatches are just starting to get going and the angler well versed in nymphing can expect to see good action underneath when bouncing the bottom with the correct imitation. The numbers of fish have been stacked up in the faster riffs while the big boys still seem to be hanging in the deeper runs and glides. We’ve had some great shots at sight-casting to some of the larger fish hanging on the banks. Most of them haven’t left the soft hackle float by! Anglers looking to see some heads on the surface stand a good chance at consistent shots at rising fish. A few days ago we found ourselves casting at consistent risers for over 5 hours. Cold weather over the course of the last 2 nights has limited rising activity but the nymph bite has made up for the visuals on the surface. The next few days are supposed to be warm. I still think the best is yet to come.
One reoccurring question I’m asked on the water (unrelated to the guided day) is what Eric and I do in the off season. Eric spends most of his time in the summer and early fall in Montana working with Donna and Jake at Upper Canyon Outfitters which sits on the Upper Ruby River outside of the town of Alder. Over the course of the last few seasons, I have worked extensively with outfitters in other parts of the country and world to develop travel opportunities for anglers interested in doing unique trips in exotic locations. This year, Spruce Creek Fly Co. will be offering international trips to Chile as well as Mongolia with outfitters that I have developed excellent working relationships with. If anyone is interested, shoot Eric and Tracey an email and I will be happy to forward brochures, pictures, and video.
Hopefully this is the first of several updates that Tracey lets me do.
See you on the water!
Lance Wilt
