Today was an unusual day. I caught fish in all the usual spots but as I traveled downstream I noticed the water was becoming cloudy with silt from the thunderstorm the day before. I pulled into Soap Creek one of my favorite spots and the water there was brown. I figured I was doomed but I remember Aaron saying that euro nymphing in cloudy water can be productive. I tied on my biggest rubber leg woven stone-fly and Davy's White Tailed Midge . I caught this fish on the second cast.
I thought this fish was a fluke but I kept hooking and landing fish for the next forty five minutes. I got hits or hook ups and every second or third cast. The fishing tapered off so I moved down stream.
I kept the White Tailed Midge on because it is a black fly that will stand out well in cloudy water. I stooped at this spot and caught six more fish between 15 and 18 inches.
I use the White Tailed Midge everywhere. It is one of my go to flies. The Woven Rubber legs continued to produce as well.
I do not believe there are large Stone flies in the Big Horn . My theory is the fish think they are drowned Hoppers.
I have no idea of the total number of fish I caught but I know I caught a lot . Probably a dozen of the fish were in the 17 to 20 inch range.