Another lovely day. Water here is 4' lower than a week ago and just looks terrific. We started in a pool where we have had some success this year but at the lower water level I do not think it is as attractive as the far side in front of the creek. Fished the new Caddis dry carefully and it did all it could without attention. . Moved down to the run you see here. That place is ACES! As you can see a little in the pic the thing is just one little scalloped bay after another. Even in low water it is 5-6' deep and the bays create one soft spot after another and the fish load in here. Water at 41. Decided to go with the S1/2 belly and a Duncan's. Got into a nice rhythm working around the trees and laying out 70' with a left handed single. Nice fishing. The water is clear and with this belly the fly is about 12-18" down. Down the run a ways a shattering take, line off the reel, nothing. WOW. How can a fish hit that hard and take line off the reel and not get hooked? With heart pounding I back up 40' and continue on down. Fish carefully all the way to the bottom but nada. Heart is still pounding! One more pool, a delightful place which is a walk to get to and a wading nightmare but worth the effort. Here I stick with the 1/2 but switch to an old school Sol Doc Spey with the tented wings a friend gave me. Seems like a perfect fly. Work carefully down the stretch but find no one at home. The fly looks just FANTASTIC in the water. Went across the river to visit with Mike and Bert for a bit.
Friday, January 22, 2010
1-21-2010
Another lovely day. Water here is 4' lower than a week ago and just looks terrific. We started in a pool where we have had some success this year but at the lower water level I do not think it is as attractive as the far side in front of the creek. Fished the new Caddis dry carefully and it did all it could without attention. . Moved down to the run you see here. That place is ACES! As you can see a little in the pic the thing is just one little scalloped bay after another. Even in low water it is 5-6' deep and the bays create one soft spot after another and the fish load in here. Water at 41. Decided to go with the S1/2 belly and a Duncan's. Got into a nice rhythm working around the trees and laying out 70' with a left handed single. Nice fishing. The water is clear and with this belly the fly is about 12-18" down. Down the run a ways a shattering take, line off the reel, nothing. WOW. How can a fish hit that hard and take line off the reel and not get hooked? With heart pounding I back up 40' and continue on down. Fish carefully all the way to the bottom but nada. Heart is still pounding! One more pool, a delightful place which is a walk to get to and a wading nightmare but worth the effort. Here I stick with the 1/2 but switch to an old school Sol Doc Spey with the tented wings a friend gave me. Seems like a perfect fly. Work carefully down the stretch but find no one at home. The fly looks just FANTASTIC in the water. Went across the river to visit with Mike and Bert for a bit.
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