Yesterday I was out fishing here in Nevada and I had a bad experience. I traveled quite a ways to get to the river which I was told was one that would be free from the spring runoff. When I arrived the river was high and muddy. Since I had traveled a ways to get there I decided to fish it. No luck. Not a bite and it was my kind of place. I checked for insect life and there were lots of mayfly nymphs.
Here is my question: obviously if fish are there they want to eat. Do they eat? If they eat, why do we have such a problem other than fish seeing the fly. People at the local shop said they would not go out to the spring run off plagued rivers and I have heard that before. How much does the mud affect fish vision? Is fishing really useless in such situations? Is it better to use something like a white fly or nymph? Or opposite? Mike
