Ehhh, at least the moon phase looked good...

Played around on my favorite fishery with nothing in the net to show for it. I actually only took a half dozen flies because I wanted to give all of my latest a fair shake. All passed the test but this one was absolute money once I reshaped the head slightly on water...if you show up at the fly tying expo on Friday, I'll clue you in....may even give this fly away!
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It was a touch chilly...but some fish were around (I'm actually not convinced this mark was a tiger though due to the relatively minor arc.
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I guess it was a decent day out there to not visually move a single fish...
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Cheers!
 
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Long_Rod_Silvers said:
What time of year is prime time for those monsters?
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May through July is always best for numbers. September through November is generally better for larger fish, but not quite the numbers. Within that, there are also certain moon phases that generally fish better as well.
 
You mention moon phase. Of all the journaling I've done over the years about weather, tides, temp, moon, time of day, etc... the only constant I've found is that I do not catch fish just before, during, or just after the full moon. This is true for me in Florida, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oregon, and Washington.
 
DoesItFloat said:
You mention moon phase. Of all the journaling I've done over the years about weather, tides, temp, moon, time of day, etc... the only constant I've found is that I do not catch fish just before, during, or just after the full moon. This is true for me in Florida, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oregon, and Washington.
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For Tigers, I almost always do well around full moon and new moon (at least during late Spring through Fall) with major activity right around the majors and minors (this mostly has held true regardless of where the moon is in it's cycle). There have always been exceptions to the rule which are there simply because I fish when I can...

For trout, I've never done well around a full moon. I haven't paid too much attention with smallies, but I also don't have them nearly as dialed as tigers or trout.
 
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