Two more new wind driven fires this morning but by mid-morning the wind (sort of) laid down in Ephrata and the sky was blue. Nothing pressing and a bit too hot to do yard work. What's a capr fisher to do?
Almost there, greeted by Minions.
I still had the same jig nymph and strike indicator knotted on my tippet/leader that I used yesterday so I started out using the bobber technique. I thought the spawn was done but this fish makes me wonder:
I don't carry a net or a scale to weigh fish, I think I might change my ways. I wondered if the fish topped 10 pounds. This "hen?" took all my fly line and maybe 30 feet of backing out the rod tip and then headed for the other side of a point. 0X tippet, I leaned into the fish hard and landed it a minute later.
I fished with the indicator for a pretty long stretch of shoreline - I think I had two eats but was slow on the set. I got to a spot where I wanted to try dapping so changed to a 'hybrid' and proceeded to spook fish. The hybrid is a quick sinking fly (at least the ones I tie) and can hang up on bottom. I had a half dozen shots at fish that may have been looking for a meal but nothing ate and I snagged rocks so off came the hybrid, on with the trouser worm.
Found a mudding fish, facing away from me. For once, got a decent cast and dropped the fly lightly and about two feet in front of the fish. There was no hesitation, the fish ate. Man, they're fun!
The "laid down" wind? Whitecaps. I hiked through tall grass on the way back to the car, no rattlesnakes, no bears, no cougars and no ticks. 91°F, wet wading rocks.
Almost there, greeted by Minions.
I still had the same jig nymph and strike indicator knotted on my tippet/leader that I used yesterday so I started out using the bobber technique. I thought the spawn was done but this fish makes me wonder:
I don't carry a net or a scale to weigh fish, I think I might change my ways. I wondered if the fish topped 10 pounds. This "hen?" took all my fly line and maybe 30 feet of backing out the rod tip and then headed for the other side of a point. 0X tippet, I leaned into the fish hard and landed it a minute later.
I fished with the indicator for a pretty long stretch of shoreline - I think I had two eats but was slow on the set. I got to a spot where I wanted to try dapping so changed to a 'hybrid' and proceeded to spook fish. The hybrid is a quick sinking fly (at least the ones I tie) and can hang up on bottom. I had a half dozen shots at fish that may have been looking for a meal but nothing ate and I snagged rocks so off came the hybrid, on with the trouser worm.
Found a mudding fish, facing away from me. For once, got a decent cast and dropped the fly lightly and about two feet in front of the fish. There was no hesitation, the fish ate. Man, they're fun!
The "laid down" wind? Whitecaps. I hiked through tall grass on the way back to the car, no rattlesnakes, no bears, no cougars and no ticks. 91°F, wet wading rocks.
Nice work!