Corndog
Ephemerella Subvaria
I decided to take the afternoon off since it's going to rain the rest of the week and hit the Cats. After reading Alan B's thread on rusty spinners (no brian not you, its not always about you) I wanted to spend the day fishing rusty spinners and post my results.
I normally don't fish rusty spinners (or with rusty spinner) so, I stopped by the Beaverkill Angler in Roscoe to pick some up and chat with Evan and Mat for a few. These are the 3 patterns I purchased.
Then I headed to Cairns Pool. Looked like opening day there. 11 guys in the water and 6 standing on the bank. At first I thought, doesn't anybody work anymore? Then I realized it was mostly old timers. There was a hint of bengay and brill cream in the air. So I headed down to the Cemetary. 8 people there already. Only 3:30 in the afternoon and already this many people on the river. There were grannoms in the air and on the water but they weren't bringing the fish up. Saw a few sporadic rises but not enough to keep my interest. So I headed to the East Branch. There were guys everywhere. Mostly CT plates in the lots on both rivers. Don't you CT guys have any good fishing water back home? Figuring all the good public spots were going to be taken, I headed up river to a private stretch where I have to ask permission to fish. Fortunately the land owner was outside, just makes it easier. We chatted for a bit then he oked me to fish his land. When I got to the water there were steady risers already. Grannoms were everywhere, in the air and on the water, but the fish wanted nothing to do with them. I looked on the water and there were to many spinners to count. Must have been a great spinner fall last night. I thought I'm in luck since I'm planning on fishing rusty spinners all evening.
Over the next 4 hours I tested the 3 patterns and managed a few nice brownies.
Even got a few of these little guys for you guys who like the youngsters.
Of the three rusty spinners I purchased, only the one in the middle steadily produced fish. It looks like the wings are a dull off white calfs hair (just guessing). The one on the left looks like some kind of bright white synthetic material. I managed one with it, but most rejected it. I couldn't buy a fish with the one on the right also white synthetic material with some flash. At one point there were more than a dozen risers and non would touch the one with the flash.
Now I can't say for certain that all the trout I caught were wild, but the EB brownies are known to be wary fish. They didn't want bright white wings or flashy ones. The dull more natural look was what they were targeting.
I know this is not a very in depth experiment with rusty spinners, but if I'm going to fish a rusty spinner, I think you all know which one I'm going to tie on.
All in all a great day on the water,
Cdog
I normally don't fish rusty spinners (or with rusty spinner) so, I stopped by the Beaverkill Angler in Roscoe to pick some up and chat with Evan and Mat for a few. These are the 3 patterns I purchased.
Then I headed to Cairns Pool. Looked like opening day there. 11 guys in the water and 6 standing on the bank. At first I thought, doesn't anybody work anymore? Then I realized it was mostly old timers. There was a hint of bengay and brill cream in the air. So I headed down to the Cemetary. 8 people there already. Only 3:30 in the afternoon and already this many people on the river. There were grannoms in the air and on the water but they weren't bringing the fish up. Saw a few sporadic rises but not enough to keep my interest. So I headed to the East Branch. There were guys everywhere. Mostly CT plates in the lots on both rivers. Don't you CT guys have any good fishing water back home? Figuring all the good public spots were going to be taken, I headed up river to a private stretch where I have to ask permission to fish. Fortunately the land owner was outside, just makes it easier. We chatted for a bit then he oked me to fish his land. When I got to the water there were steady risers already. Grannoms were everywhere, in the air and on the water, but the fish wanted nothing to do with them. I looked on the water and there were to many spinners to count. Must have been a great spinner fall last night. I thought I'm in luck since I'm planning on fishing rusty spinners all evening.
Over the next 4 hours I tested the 3 patterns and managed a few nice brownies.
Even got a few of these little guys for you guys who like the youngsters.
Of the three rusty spinners I purchased, only the one in the middle steadily produced fish. It looks like the wings are a dull off white calfs hair (just guessing). The one on the left looks like some kind of bright white synthetic material. I managed one with it, but most rejected it. I couldn't buy a fish with the one on the right also white synthetic material with some flash. At one point there were more than a dozen risers and non would touch the one with the flash.
Now I can't say for certain that all the trout I caught were wild, but the EB brownies are known to be wary fish. They didn't want bright white wings or flashy ones. The dull more natural look was what they were targeting.
I know this is not a very in depth experiment with rusty spinners, but if I'm going to fish a rusty spinner, I think you all know which one I'm going to tie on.
All in all a great day on the water,
Cdog
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