Hey TM, you sure those weren't Damsels?? If there were thousands or even hundreds
of them they were probably female Damsels, as Dragons are not prolific and the trout
rarely key on them.
I ran into one of those egg laying events on Blue lake several years back. The huge trout
were trying to knock them out of the air. I had an imitation so realistic that the male
Damsels came down and tried to breed it. But I got NO FISH on it as I couldn't make it
hover like the real ones.
I hung a Chironomid under an indicator 2' deep where they were working and got an
occasional fish though.
Glad to hear you did well after the cool night. I didn't go to Bonaparte as planned, I went to Blue and got great chironomiding Sunday and Monday. Monday afternoon the hatch seemed to
peter out so, I left early with 8-10 fish, some to 20" most 15-17". Sunday must have got
25 or so all day in 20-25MPH winds.