Had a chance to test out 50/50 Dick Nites on Sunday while I was getting "schooled" by some egg drifters.

Saturday I did good float fishing eggs for silvers and thought that same pattern would work for me on Sunday. Well.. it might have if I'd gotten to the hole about 2 hours earlier.. before the other guys did. Couldn't get over to my spot.

After a couple of hours of fishing with minimal hits, decided to switch rods. Started getting some hits with eggs free drifted on the bottom.. but still getting "schooled" by the guys out in the main current.

Then God spoke to me thru the guy fishing next to me. Guy asked innocently "has anybody been throwing any Dick Nites?"

I switched to the largest of the 3 Dick Nites (50/50 color) and hung a fish on the first cast. The guy next to me hadn't even finished tying his knot. Then on about every other cast I was getting whacks by fish.

Had one moose of a silver decide he wanted a try at my spoon... Shoot it felt like I'd hung a mid-teens king as it went where it wanted to go.. and after toying with me it decided it wanted my spoon and also wanted to go downstream. Couldn't even stop it.

Rooted around and found a wee Dick Nite in 50/50 and wondered if it would do as good as it's bigger brother. Turned out the little guy was even nastier than it's big brother.

In a 30 minute period I'd limited on silvers and that was with turning some back.

Never saw a 30 minute period like that before, except on humpies in the salt.

P.S. Ron, I heard that fly guys were fishing egg flies up here earlier and doinq quite well. Floods changed the river channel and the spot they stood in isn't there anymore.