moosekid
Handsomest Neff Member
So I'm back at work today after about 2 weeks of fishing on the D.
It's getting to that point where fishing can be tough, but I have a few spots where nice rainbows hold in faster water and they're reliably gullible. So on the sunny/windy days I didn't float, I'd wander down to the river around 7pm and fish til dark. I generally catch 3-4 fish and sting/lose a few more.
So last night I hook a nice rainbow on my fourth or fifth cast and play it for about 2 minutes before it comes unbuttoned. I didn't lose the fly so I keep casting to rising fish and miss about 8 eats like a jackass while a wader downstream and a drift boat upstream both net like 3 fish. Pretty painful, but anyhow when I was breaking down I realized that there was no hook point on the fly!! That first rainbow sheared off the bend of the hook and I was just casting with a shank. Much easier to stomach.
It's getting to that point where fishing can be tough, but I have a few spots where nice rainbows hold in faster water and they're reliably gullible. So on the sunny/windy days I didn't float, I'd wander down to the river around 7pm and fish til dark. I generally catch 3-4 fish and sting/lose a few more.
So last night I hook a nice rainbow on my fourth or fifth cast and play it for about 2 minutes before it comes unbuttoned. I didn't lose the fly so I keep casting to rising fish and miss about 8 eats like a jackass while a wader downstream and a drift boat upstream both net like 3 fish. Pretty painful, but anyhow when I was breaking down I realized that there was no hook point on the fly!! That first rainbow sheared off the bend of the hook and I was just casting with a shank. Much easier to stomach.
