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Didn't have much time to go trouting this spring. What's hatching now in the lakes around Calabogie?

I use sinking lines 90% of the time and so far I did not break any rods. And they are definetely not only for trolling. In fact full sinking lines cast much better than floaters because of their smaller diameter. You just need to keep it from falling back to the water when retreiving either on your ...

I don't think trout takes (or target) adult dragonflies too often. I have never seen an adult dragonfly in a trout's stomach. They can jump after emerging caddies and a lot of other things. Can't say anything about bass though.

Thanks for your replies Jeremy and ganman,
I guess you are right: fish eat the daphnia just because it is there and in huge numbers. That is something I have never seen before. Good thing they are not fixed on daphnia otherwise it would make real difficult to find flies in 1/32" size.

ganman,
When I refer to daphnia I am talking about daphnia (water fleas), not freshwater shrimp. So far I have not seen shrimps in the stomach samples, although Hyalella scuds seem to be pretty common around here.

Thanks for your replies guys. I still don't get it why would trout munch on daphnia when there is plenty of larger things around. I see very few dragons, damsels and minnows in their stomaches. Maybe it's just spring thing? I tend to agree with ganman: the numbers of trout in the lakes seem to be no...

Hi everyone. This is my first post, although I was lurking around for some time. I mostly fly fish and strongly prefer trout (mainly for taste, I guess). Well, I am not going to ask you about where to fish for trout in Ottawa area. It looks like lips are kept pretty tight :) about trout spots. I tri...