A nice day to be on a river...

[lightenup]

Got to fish today for a couple hours.....no rising fish, but a lot of large caddis with dark heads, these things were big, maybe a size 12. a lot of grannom's, but no risers, all the caddis were laying eggs and not hatching...
I did well on soft hackles, dead drifted along the margins and swung through the current...you NJ TU people will know the place.....
this is the fly they liked

here are some pretty flowers on the walk in

I though MACFLY might be there from the smell, but it was this, I wonder why it died

A view of the river, it was a hair off color, but clear enough to see the bottom, perfect!!!! The water temp was between cold and cool.....

here are a few of the fish I caught....mostly left overs, but a couple freshies (that I didn't post)

This fish was a brute, and jumped several times...none of the hits were subtle, they smashed the fly!!!!
It was bunches of fun......

 

[Rusty Spinner]

I was there this afternoon with my crew after we finished our Sparta Glen Brook restoration project but didn't see you.


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[Rusty Spinner]

Agreed on no risers but plenty of egg laying caddis


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[lightenup]

I was there this afternoon with my crew after we finished our Sparta Glen Brook restoration project but didn't see you.


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I left at 2:45....I only saw one center pining boob...and two guys gettin' the skunk:skunked: up stream, each came in a pick-up and had parking privileges...that was probably you..

OH..BTW I also saw an Osprey overhead...would have missed it if it wasn't for it chirping....

 

[Paul N Skill]

What type of rainbows are these with the red on the gill plates? I caught a few on the Paulinskill this week and they remind me a bit of cutbows out West.

 

[lightenup]

What type of rainbows are these with the red on the gill plates? I caught a few on the Paulinskill this week and they remind me a bit of cutbows out West.

ask the guys at RVTU. I believe they stock the stretch of water I was fishing.,....Rusty will know, even though he got :skunked:..


I'm not sure it was him, I can't be sure, but his silence in incriminating...