Fathers Day Kicks Butt Especially When You Get To Go Fishing!

So, I went fishing yesterday. Yes it was fathers day and I still went fishing. I woke up early to check the flow report and then I went up stairs and hit the tying bench. I had wanted to leave early but the river was running around 16cms and that is a little too quick for my liking. I delayed in hopes that the river would slowly start to drop as the day progressed and maybe bring off a hatch of the juice bugs we all like so much.

I arrived at the parking lot around noon and it was hosing rain, but I could see the leading edge of a high pressure system was about to push the wet weather away. So again I waited. Finally I found myself strolling through grassy meadows watching my dog chase butterflies. The sun was out the river looked a little high but it was where I wanted to be. I worked a run with a dry for about an hour, hitting seams, and skittering big dries into bushes unfortunately no fish would come up to play...  There something you all should know about me, I love to nymph, I love getting dirty and working sub-surface voodoo so that is what I did next.

Even though the river seemed to be raging there was still definition on the water, subtle observation showed a drop off and a seam. Tumbling deep with one fly and a super heavy swivel produced immediate results. The rest of the day was much the same as the start, work water with a absurdly large dry and then rig deep and catch fish.

It's interesting to note that throughout the day the river began to rise and the fishing declined accordingly. Last night the river peaked a 17cms and as of this morning its dropping again. If the weather holds and we see some dry weather like we are supposed to the fishing will improve. Watch that flow report, anything under 15cms is game.

Big ups to Papa Glen

I would like to send some love to all the Daddy's in the world! I know that I wouldn't be as happy as I am now without the love and guidance I have received...

Big Love to Papa Dan

Keep your game tight!

Spence

Fishing

Well after three days of plodding around and adventuring I have come to the conclusion that we could be in for some grand fishing. All signs are pointing to another pulse in big bug movement, which will inevitably lead to some aggressive fishing, right?

The more I think about it, the more I am convinced that we are in for a great time.

Two days ago I hit the water with a friend of mine, river levels were mellowing out on the tails of a small high pressure system. There was evidence that a recent push of bugs had come off with the last surge of water. Fish seemed to be tuning in accordingly. We managed one fish on a large shaggy dry fly, but dries weren't even close to what the fish were looking for.

99% of the fish caught were on large nymphs, running them deep and tumbly was smack'n the sh*t out of fish.

Yesterday I had to go back for another sniff, I was and am really excited to get some dirty dry fly action. I pontificated and pondered about water levels and the right time of day to fish and decided to wait for the water to "pulse" again and settled on fishing the evening. The weather was slowly deteriorating and almost from the moment I arrived at the river I knew things were going to be tough on the dry.  I saw one solitary over sized bug dipsy doodle through the sky and then get destroyed by a Robin. Humph? A good sign? I landed three fish on the dry and one on the dark-side.... By this point I began to feel like I was rushing things a little, I should have been at home tying flies for prime time... Fishing is way more fun than sitting at my desk though...

Fishing is fun right! That's why this morning I decided to have one more really good recon along the river, with a little angling for good measure....

The river has come up a foot, visibility is still good but conditions are not prime for nymphing or dry fly.  There are bugs present and the fish are keying in, but again things aren't quit there yet..

I am sure that if you get in the right type of water with the heavy tech you will bang fish. Not my cup of tea right now though.

Me, I'm going to wait and watch water levels and the weather, I'm going to bide my time because good-times are coming, and there coming soon...

Keep it tight out there...

Spence

Fishing

Remember the other day when I said watch the CMS reports for your area? Well I meant it. I was lucky enough to spend the day prowling a river with an old friend of mine, and we had the entire thing to ourselves, and it was awesome...

We had hoped for some serious dry fly action but the trout weren't going to cooperate, so of course we went nymphing and the results were nothing less than extraordinary!!! BIG FISH EATING BIG BUGS! I have a feeling that the dry fly action is happening over there, our timing was a little off  but I am confidant that it is happening, and will continue to happen for quite a while!

I don't plan on being on the lakes for a couple of days, but I spoke with a gaggle of khaki ninjas last evening who had spent the day on one of our local lakes. They weren't in the best of spirits, they had shared the lake with 40 other boats! WOW! 40! They said the fishing sucked, geez I wonder why!? Maybe if you roll up on a lake and there is like a buzillion other people there, you might consider going else where?

I just checked the flow report and it looks like I will be headed out this evening for some action!

Luvs you all,

Spence

Fishing

Ok here we go!  Believe it or not people there is some darn fine fishing happening right now. The past two weeks I have been out and about, here and there and have been privy to some pretty fun sh*t.


In case you didn't know already, the lakes down here are doing just fine...

Saw a friend of mine lay waste to an army of rainbows yesterday. Another beautiful rainy day with swallows getting down to a meal of midges. The hatch was strong, green chrome and tiny!

So anyways, the lakes are in full effect and if you get the chance you should get out there and have some fun. There is opportunity to fish just about any way you please, from hanging Cronies to creep'n dragons it seems that if you pay attention out there you will catch a fish. We managed to sight fish a 14 inch Rainbow on a size 14 hot-butt caddis, it was rad!

Ummmmmm, the rivers are high, and sometime all you can do is dance...

I went fishing on a river last week, before things got really wet out there and it was educational. Water was cold clear and high, but there were signs that the big creepers had been moving... We managed to hook some meat, even caught us a fish on a dry fly, but I also seen me a shark eat an octopus...

Watch the CMS report, good things are coming!

Keep dry, and for the love of all that is awesome, don't forget to have some fun!

Spence

p.s.

Watch out for the old fella in the silver pram, he's kinda crusty.