An Ant, a Beetle, and 2 Rainbow Trout

There are a few really good ideas to take away from this video.  First, Lake Taneycomo is not knows for being a place that you fish dry flies for trout a lot.  The temperature of the water, the depth of the water, and the fluctuating water levels probably all play roles in making Taneycomo a fishery that just doesn't see epic hatches.  Thus, there are rarely good dry fly days on Taneycomo.  What Phil Lilley shows in this video is that there is a terrestrial bite that shouldn't be overlooked.  This is news to me but it makes sense. 

This is the time of year that grasshoppers, ants, and beetles will be at their largest.  They have been fattening up all all summer and they don't have much of summer left.  There is also a lot of grass and timber around the banks of Taneycomo.  If you put those two things together, then you have bugs falling in the water.  This would be the equivalent of having a pizza dropped from a drone every evening.  You know it's coming and all you have to do is wait for it to fall.  When it does, it is dinner time!  Also, Phil please don't overlook Phil's insanely beautiful and effortless cast. 

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