While trout fishing the past few days I had the fun of catching the early stage of the Hendrickson mayfly hatch. The mayflies were sporadically hatching from about 1:30 pm to 3:30pm depending on the air temperature and water temperature for that particular day.

At one point during the hatch I could hear some gulping going on besides the obvious splashing of smaller trout in front of me. I instinctively began to search the water trying to find where the blurbs and gulping noises were coming from, which always indicated larger trout feeding. Finally I spotted two trout almost side by side, tucked tightly against the opposite bank under a tree. It is a good example showing how larger trout don’t always feed where most fly fishermen expect them to be.

As I watched the feeding trout I remembered I had my point-and-click/video camera in my vest and I decided to see if I could capture them on video before trying to get them to take my mayfly imitation.

After shooting the short video I did manage to hook both trout on my Hendrickson emerger pattern and than proceeded to loose both fish when the hook pulled out.