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Trico Spinner
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Every summer morning on Driftless spring creeks, clouds of Tricorythodes spinners mate, fall to the water, and die in a spectacle that makes trout lose all caution. The fish rise with metronomic regularity, eating these tiny spent-wing insects one after another like popcorn at a cinema. Your job is to put this size-22 fly among ten thousand naturals and convince a trout that yours is the one worth eating. Good luck. You will need it and 7X tippet.
Quick Facts
Where to Fish It
Timber Coulee Creek
WI · Spring Creek
Whitewater River
MN · Spring Creek
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Related Reading
region guide
Driftless Area: Spring Creek Paradise
Tucked into the unglaciated hills of southwestern Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, and northeastern Iowa lies the Driftless Area — a landscape of cold spring creeks, limestone bluffs, and wild trout that rivals any destination in the country. This is the complete guide to fishing the Driftless.
hatch guide
The Complete Guide to Mayfly Hatches
Mayflies are the foundation of trout-stream entomology. This guide covers every major hatch — BWOs, PMDs, Green Drakes, Sulphurs, Tricos, and Hendricksons — with the biology, timing, and fly selections you need to fish them effectively across the country.
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