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Frying Pan River
(Near Ruedi)
175fs
Updated: September 18, 2023
What's on the Menu?
Updated: September 11, 2023
Upper Frying Pan (Above Mile Marker 8)
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Green Drakes, Pale Morning Duns, Blue Winged Olives, Midges, Mysis Shrimp
Lower Frying Pan (Below Mile Marker 8)
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Green Drakes, Pale Morning Duns, Blue Winged Olives, Midges, Caddis
Suggested Flies
Updated: September 11, 2023
Upper Frying Pan (Above Mile Marker 8)
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Nymphs: Black and Red Zebra Midges (20-24), Black Beauty Midge (20-24), Candy Cane Midge (20-24), Grey RS2 (18-22), Juju Baetis (18-22), Skinny Pheasant Tail (20-22), Barrs PMD Emerger (18-20), Drake Nymph (14-16), Mysis Shrimp (18-22)
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Dries: Harwing Green Drake (14-16), Comparadun PMD (18-20), Parachute Adams (20-22), Purple Haze (20-22), Extended Body BWO (20-22), Roy Palm Special Emerger (20-24), Parachute Adult Midge (20-24)
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Streamers: Sculpzilla (6-9), Wooly Bugger (6-12)
Lower Frying Pan (Below Mile Marker 8)
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Nymphs: Green Drake Nymph (12-14), Barrs PMD Emerger (18-20), Black and Red Zebra Midges (20-24), Black Beauty Midge (20-24), Grey RS2 (18-22), Juju Baetis (18-22), Black Pheasant Tail (18-20), Jigged Tungsten Blowtorch (16-18), Squirmy Worm Red (12-14)
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Dries: Comparadun PMD (18-20), Comparadun Green Drake (10-14), Parachute Adams (20-22), Purple Haze (20-22), Extended Body BWO (20-22), Roy Palm Special Emerger (20-24), Parachute Adult Midge (20-24), Elk Hair Caddis (18-20)
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Streamers: Sculpzilla (6-9), Wooly Bugger (6-12)
Conditions
Updated: September 11, 2023
Upper Frying Pan (Above Mile Marker 8)
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Clear
Lower Frying Pan (Below Mile Marker 8)
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Clear