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Sulphur hatch to the max!

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Finally got to go fly-fishing last week and had an epic experience on the North Fork of the White River, or "Norfork" to the locals.  Since all of my prior attempts to head north had fallen through, and I missed the caddis hatches of April, I was more than ready for good weather and prolific bugs.  On this trip, I got both!  The annual Ephemerella (Sulphur) hatch was in full bloom on the Fork and I took advantage of a predictable generation pattern by the USACE and wonderful, albeit, unseasonably warm, weather to rack up forty or so, fat, colored-up rainbows.    Another amazing thing about the trip was the fact that I never pulled the waders out of the Taco bag.  I wet-waded the entire trip, and even though the water was shockingly cold at first, the afternoon sun soon made it a very comfortable place to be.  It was nice for all things to come together for this trip!  Once again the guys at Steve Dally's made my trip a successful one as I scored several nice si