Trico Cluster
Tited of not being able to see your Trico imitation on the water? Well here is your answer!
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During dense Trico hatches, you will often find trout gently sipping individual spinners off the surface film in what is often very selective feeding. If you notice more aggressive takes with swirls and splashing, it usually signals trout feeding on clusters of Tricos. These clusters range in size from several to maybe a dozen spinners and form naturally when the amount of Tricos on the water is significant. Large trout will target Trico Clusters on a regular basis, thereby maximizing the amount of nutrition gained for the energy exerted. One of the joys of fishing this pattern comes in the fact that you can easily see the cluster floating on the water, as compared to a tiny size 18-22 single spinner pattern. Because larger trout often target Trico Clusters, you can also fish this pattern in a sparse hatch, as the memory bank of the trout will recognize the look immediately, and strike, if in a feeding mode. You can also use this fly as a searching pattern, post-hatch, or even without the presence of any hatch whatsoever. We recommend fishing this pattern upstream with a standard dead-drift technique. It can also be fished very effectively in non-hatch situations as a strike indicator with a tiny Copper John or WD-40 dropper, both of which nicely imitate the Trico nymph. We are currently updating our inventory and not accepting new orders. Please check back at a later date. | |||||
