Uptonogood
PNW raised
When I was a kid, my disabled father would tell me stories of his fishing mountain lakes in New Mexico. Among his stories was his adamant insistence that small popping bugs were killer on trout. I brushed off his words as ridiculous and kept the “bugs” he bought for me in my “I’ll try these when nothing else works” fly box.
One day on a whim, I tied a small red red body, black hackle popper on and made a few casts off the old fishing pier/raft they had on Dog Lake. Those rainbows totally destroyed that bug and the white one I replaced it with.
I’m living back in the land of bream (bluegills) and bass again and just ordered a collection of poppers. That’s what triggered a 60 years ago memory I hadn’t thought about in, oh, 59 years or so. If anyone else has/had similar experiences I’d love to hear them.
One day on a whim, I tied a small red red body, black hackle popper on and made a few casts off the old fishing pier/raft they had on Dog Lake. Those rainbows totally destroyed that bug and the white one I replaced it with.
I’m living back in the land of bream (bluegills) and bass again and just ordered a collection of poppers. That’s what triggered a 60 years ago memory I hadn’t thought about in, oh, 59 years or so. If anyone else has/had similar experiences I’d love to hear them.