I flew in from Edmonton the day before yesterday and made a point of looking out the window as we passed over the Credit River in Mississauga. I have to admit I was a bit disheartened to see that it was a dark chocolate brown and even from a few thousand feet I could tell that it was running high. So I made a phone call last night…
My friend Eli lives on the banks of the river at the Forks of the Credit and when I asked how the river is doing with all of this rain she chuckled. “You’re itching to get back up here aren’t you ?”, she asked.
“Guilty as charged but I don’t want to waste my time if the water there is as cloudy and high as it is here in Mississauga.”
“What is it with you folks in the city ?”, was the reply. “This isn’t the mouth of the river and although I don’t fly fish even I know that the conditions are great!”
So… if you can get away from work make sure you bring the following in your fly boxes:
Spotted Sedge 14-16 (early afternoon)
Tan Caddis 14-16 (early afternoon)
Mahogany Dunn 10-12 (late afternoon, evening)
Giant Drake 6-10 (all day)
Trico 20-24 (early morning)
Grasshopper 8-12 (all day)
Ants 14-16 (afternoon)
For more information on the hatches of the Credit River go to www.discoverflyfishing.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/credit-river-hatch-chart.pdf
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