Fly Fishing for reds

Crabs are emerging right now so almost any crab pattern will be productive. I've seen them in just about every color phase so as long as you have your sink rate where you want it then it you shouldn't have too much of an issue getting them to eat.

My favorite summer flies are Kwans and merkin crabs in natural colors with bead chain eyes. It also wouldn't be a bad idea to keep something flashy and gold in the fly box. I also like gold gotchas and blue/crystal flash gotchas.

The early morning popper bite has been pretty good if you want to throw a pole dancer or gurgler.

Maybe a popper early and late in the afternoon.