The Crooked River is fishing nicely, with good water flows and decent hatches and very strong nymph action. It seems that Scuds have become very important again on the Crooked! So many of our guides and my good friends report Scuds and Ray Charles day after day. I say this because when Chester and I started fishing the Crooked in the 80’s it was a super strong scud show, and then for whatever reason the scud population dropped dramatically for quite a few years. It seems to be back and we are seeing the fish really keyed in on these little crustaceans.
Midges and Baetis are rolling quite well too, and will be important in nymph, emerger and adult stages.
Add some Fire Starters, Frenchies, Purple and Black micro Perdigons, Jig Napoleon and Soft Hackles.
Will the massive hatches of Mothers Day Caddis be a little early this season? I would think so and be prepared for that with Olive X Caddis, Peacock Caddis and Henryville’s, along with Sparkle Pupa’s.