Chickahominy Reservoir
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Importance by half-month
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Hatches are matched from Westfly's database of "standard" fly patterns.
Nymph
Size 8-12 Marabou Damsel. Olive, yellow-olive, browns, greens
► The standard damselfly retrieve is to pull two inches of line in two seconds, pause two seconds, then repeat. Use an intermediate line; damselfly nymphs move in the top inch or so of water. That said, you can do pretty well just trolling a damsel nymph as you slowly and steadily kick around the lake in your float tube.
Nymph
Pupa
Adult
► During a midge hatch, the static midge tactic usually works well. If the hatch is during the bright part of the day, however, you may do better with the deep midge tactic because trout can be reluctant to come to the surface.
Adult
► It's hard to go too far wrong with a leech pattern or a Woolly Bugger on a clear intermediate line. A slow retrieve is usually best.
Adult
Lakes; rivers over gravel and cobble, undercut banks: count-down-and-retrieve, slow retrieve, wind drift, deep swing
Trout
► Windy days will roil the water, resulting in turbid conditions. When it gets like that, you can still catch trout, but you might want to move to a large, black streamer--something that has a profile and moves some water.