What's Catching You Fish?
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troutpocket
Stillwater strategist
Husband and I took our Hobies out to the neighbor's Hood Canal cabin. Salt was slow, and I'm trying to convince him that retirement will be fun, so took him to a local lake that's been good to me in the past. He's just getting into fishing, so using spin gear, and he started by looking for bass. When I started hooking up fat, healthy, jumpy bows, he switched over to a rooster tail and it was game on! We each landed dozens like this - it was a blast.
After a bunch on this pattern on a sinking line:
...I spotted risers in a shallower weedy area, so put this unweighted pattern on my floater and started getting visual chases and crushing grabs - literally lol!
Definitely added points to the retirement "Pros" column
After a bunch on this pattern on a sinking line:
...I spotted risers in a shallower weedy area, so put this unweighted pattern on my floater and started getting visual chases and crushing grabs - literally lol!
Definitely added points to the retirement "Pros" column
Husband and I took our Hobies out to the neighbor's Hood Canal cabin. Salt was slow, and I'm trying to convince him that retirement will be fun, so took him to a local lake that's been good to me in the past. He's just getting into fishing, so using spin gear, and he started by looking for bass. When I started hooking up fat, healthy, jumpy bows, he switched over to a rooster tail and it was game on! We each landed dozens like this - it was a blast.
After a bunch on this pattern on a sinking line:
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...I spotted risers in a shallower weedy area, so put this unweighted pattern on my floater and started getting visual chases and crushing grabs - literally lol!
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Definitely added points to the retirement "Pros" column
I dont understand why anyone would be anything other than pro retirement. Im (hopefully) 25 years away, and I can't wait.
Can't wait to really retire, been working quite a bit this quarter but snuck out early afternoon. I got some pigs too, never caught them on a fly before. Every time they came to certain depth they would take off to the depths again. I didn't touch a one, ewww.
Now this is more my speed on the peacock leech.
Now this is more my speed on the peacock leech.
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I hate touching catfish too.
I ended up getting fish on all three of these patterns yesterday.
Tough fishing though with high sun and glassy smooth water. Herring, sandlance and anchovies were around.
SF
Tough fishing though with high sun and glassy smooth water. Herring, sandlance and anchovies were around.
SF
We're not alone! I don't think anyone wanted to touch this one either. I took 2 hooks and some line from it before I sent it on its way. Even a brown bullhead doesn't deserve that.I hate touching catfish too.
the one on the right.....
caught this...
I need to work on my local crayfish pattern to both make it look better and more like the local population and to get a little bit more movement out of it. The above had all of the movement (and then some), most of the color, but is really a super generalist shape/etc....
caught this...
I need to work on my local crayfish pattern to both make it look better and more like the local population and to get a little bit more movement out of it. The above had all of the movement (and then some), most of the color, but is really a super generalist shape/etc....
Each fly in this setup
found at least one of these
found at least one of these
Third river in 3 days. After being outgunned with the 4wt Friday, been much happier with the 6wts. The CT, like my old sage, is really nice for throwing big flies like a size 6 black stimulator. I can see the orange in the caddis flitting about, but black is the color they want.
more rod helped fight the fish too, didn't have to chase into the next pool once today.
and I hung a white maribou muddler 4' below the stimulator. Had an egg trailer but It just got tiny ones so I cut it off.
more rod helped fight the fish too, didn't have to chase into the next pool once today.
and I hung a white maribou muddler 4' below the stimulator. Had an egg trailer but It just got tiny ones so I cut it off.
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In #18 caught this surprise.
Nice fly! Is that a moose mane body?
On another river this morning I found fall caddis shucks all along the shoreline, and this abused softhackle hare's ear was the ticket.
The spunky little guys I found here were fattening up on them.
The spunky little guys I found here were fattening up on them.
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