17 de noviembre de 2019

Chilly Trout fishing 11/16/2019

I sprung out of bed at 4:40AM yesterday morning to get ready for the day. I had gathered all my gear which included an old Eagle Claw fly rod and my backpack that holds my fly gear. I hadn't been fly fishing since early July so my excitement level was high. My friend Alex showed up around 5:30AM, we talked for a while about what we thought the day might hold and what the fishing would be like. Then we went and met up with our friend Josh who also hadn't fished in a while. The first creek we fished was awful, as far as I know there are only Brown trout in it that are stocked every year. It was muddy and full of snags. After losing a few flies and only seeing one fish we changed spots.

The second spot is a place most people would overlook because it is quite small and a popular swimming hole in the summer. Believe it or not there's wild rainbows in there that sit in the slack water outside the little falls. Even though it was cramped we made it work. Alex caught two fish on a zebra midge #20, Josh caught one also on the zebra midge, and I managed to get one on an olive nymph #16. All fish ranged between 6 and 9 inches. I managed to miss three other fish, one being somewhere around 11 inches. Anyways, Josh had to leave early for some reason so we said goodbye and went to the next spot.

The next spot we hit was beautiful, but the water was fast and hard to fish so we had to fish the outer part of the pool. I ended up catching one and losing one both being Brown Trout. Alex hit a pool further up and hooked into a beautiful Brownie about 15 or 16 inches which is a massive fish for the location. It ended up spiting the hook leaving Alex bummed.

After the heartbreak we headed over to the last spot of the day, which was a little sketchy to get to but after hopping the fence and crawling down a ravine we made it to the spot. It is a pool about three feet deep and fifteen feet long along a cliff face. We could actually see about twelve fish down there! It took a little while but we both ended up getting some. I managed to get two, one on the olive nymph and one on a caddis style nymph. Alex also caught one. These fish were not very big, but beautiful! The spot died down eventually and we headed for home.

So all together I caught four fish, not the biggest but still an awesome day with awesome memories. To me size of the fish doesn't matter, it's about the places the fish it take you and the people you fish with. The spots we caught fish in are my favorite places because people overlook them and think are too small to hold fish. It's Awesome because if people knew about them there'd be no fish. All were discovered by friends of mine that had nothing better to do but explore. Anyways, thanks for reading!

Publicado el noviembre 17, 2019 05:48 TARDE por wearleybird wearleybird | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

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