I ventured out to two streams that I hadn’t been on in a while today. Both were very clear and challenging. The AM session was more like fishing in a steam bath – high humidity and no wind. It was an opportune time to get more time behind my 8′ Redington RS2 2 weight rod, a rod I purchased this winter on clearance from Cabela’s. It’s an ideal little spring creek rod and handles average sized flies for nymphing, as well as dries when the situation arises. I stuck to basic Black Wet Fly nymphs all morning. I stuck to basic Black Wet Fly nymphs all morning. It didn’t matter much what the tandem nymph was since they weren’t picking it up for the most part. That fly, a piece of split shot and no indicator was the way if unfolded all morning. There were no risers and the fish were buried up in the riffle heads, so fly placement was essential in hooking up fish.
My last stop for an hour and a half before it got too hot to really sanely be on the water was to a pretty well-known and popular destination, but the fish were cooperative despite the water being a bit chalky due to some stream work going on upstream from where I angled. The Black Wet Fly, along with a #16-18 PT trailer accounted for my fish on this section, including some very chunky and healthy trout.
On a side note, I have been using the new Cutter Advanced for about a week. I used it this weekend up north at the lake and it did wonders in repelling mosquitoes and black biting flies. It’s a spray on and basically odorless. However, I used it today and after you sweat it off, the gnats found a way to dive right in 
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Stay cool all,
D.A.
, so think I’ll wait for a bit cooler temps.