07-09-2024, 04:51 PM
I don't put much stock in the moon phases. As has been said, they seem to be wrong just as much, if not more, than they are right. I will agree though with full moon "night feeding" that literally tanks the bite the next day or days. I saw this first hand years ago on the Greys in WY. There were caddis all over the river in the evening when I fished. The sheer amount of bugs was incredible, and I thought at first that it was going to be non-stop catching. The issue though was that there was a full moon also and those fish stayed up and partied all night, so that by the time daylight rolled around, they had no interest in anything...all...day...long! The few fish that I did catch were absolutely gorged on bugs. That's just one instance.