thank you for your opion.i no these fish can be tough to come by i dont expect them every time i fish but by this time of year i fully expect to at least see someone pop a fish. your reasoning isn't bad but it doest explain where the nats are im up and down the river a minium of 3 full days a...
without knowing what your using its hard to say.but they can and do steal your bait but theres usually no doubt what did it. when in doubt set the hook.
ive always caught a few each winter but this year is stupid. no joke ive got 20 plus this winter on everything ive thrown and 1 freaken steelhead. whats the deal brood stock from where i dont get it.brood stock dont affect the nats so where they at seen some but not many its freaken about march...