Echskech said:
I saw your topic just a bit too late. I love the Met but it's always been a high risk, high reward river for me. If there's a nasty snag of sticks, that's where the fish are.
I'm probably heading over there this weekend if I can scratch togethersome fishingbuddies.
Curious how you did/ what you learned?
It’s a fantastic time to fish it! I was on the upper river and while I didn’t see anyone else get any fish I did have some luck.
Common thought is to nymph or fish dry/dropper rigs, however the real action I got was on dry flies this trip (targeting redsides). I think the dry/dropper rigs are too difficult to successfully control on this river (for me, at any rate). I did get a couple tiny fish on nymphs, but caught a larger trout on a dry and had a monster on that broke free right as I was bringing the net down (5+ minute fight, he tossed his head as I brought the net over and broke the tippet off on the net).
Here’s what was best for me- Dry fly action mid-day, with size 16 mayfly imitations or emergers. October caddis were hatching but the fish weren’t paying attention yet. As you said, pay attention to structure, the nights are cold (mid-30’s fri night) and fish seemed to be holding in slower water. Use a 12-14ft 6x leader, and I had the most luck on my glass 4wt (underlined to 3wt, but that’s another story). The lighter line really made a difference with presentation and prevented spooking these fidgety fish.
