MACFLY
Too many streams too little time
Got out again yesterday with BHC. Despite the crazy weather its the 3rd time out in April which is pretty good for me
The weather was overcast (what a shock). We hit the water around 2:30 or so. Bugs in the air were caddis, olives, and Hendricksons (yes Hendricksons). Not nearly enough to get the water boiling but certainly some selective risers to target. I got to use my Z axis for the first time..All I can say is Holy Helgrammites this rod unreal. It makes a crappy caster like me able to throw a half way decent amount of line. In any event about 15 minutes into the fishing Al hooked up with a nice rainbow in a very cool little run (see picture). We moved down stream and started chucking buggers as the weather got a bit surly and the skies opened up to drench us for about 20 minutes. Thankfully it was a warm day so the rain felt good.
No luck on Buggers (surprised by that). Al took another fish on the CDC Caddis in some flat water below a nice deep pool. We moved down to the next hole which was a nice deep slot. i had a nice rainbow on briefly before it got loose. Starting to wonder what was going on as the fish were not cooperating. We headed back up to our original spot and Al saw another fish rising. Being the good sport that he is he gave me first crack at him and I was able to close the deal. This rainbow was not big but put on quite a show leaping 3 or 4 times before coming to the net.
Ok skunk off. Al wandered downstream and I let the spot settle. I took another rainbow below the branch you can see in the picture jutting out. This is more like it so after drying the fly off I cast again and of course hang the fly on the branch. The fly was stuck and hanging about 18 inches above the water blowing back and forth. Al came back and we both thought the same thing. I wonder if a fish will come and try to eat that fly. Sure enough as I was getting a new fly on I looked up to see a fish splash back into the water. The fly was gone and there was a trout on the bottom just wondering why his jaw was aching
Had one more take but quickly got off and we decided to call it a day. Birds were working a shallow run above us picking off flies left and right. All in all a good day considering. The picture is where we took all but one of the fish for the day. I will hit this one again in a few weeks for sure Here is hoping the fish gods grant us fair weather for May.
The weather was overcast (what a shock). We hit the water around 2:30 or so. Bugs in the air were caddis, olives, and Hendricksons (yes Hendricksons). Not nearly enough to get the water boiling but certainly some selective risers to target. I got to use my Z axis for the first time..All I can say is Holy Helgrammites this rod unreal. It makes a crappy caster like me able to throw a half way decent amount of line
. In any event about 15 minutes into the fishing Al hooked up with a nice rainbow in a very cool little run (see picture). We moved down stream and started chucking buggers as the weather got a bit surly and the skies opened up to drench us for about 20 minutes. Thankfully it was a warm day so the rain felt good. No luck on Buggers (surprised by that). Al took another fish on the CDC Caddis in some flat water below a nice deep pool. We moved down to the next hole which was a nice deep slot. i had a nice rainbow on briefly before it got loose. Starting to wonder what was going on as the fish were not cooperating. We headed back up to our original spot and Al saw another fish rising. Being the good sport that he is he gave me first crack at him and I was able to close the deal. This rainbow was not big but put on quite a show leaping 3 or 4 times before coming to the net.
Ok skunk off. Al wandered downstream and I let the spot settle. I took another rainbow below the branch you can see in the picture jutting out. This is more like it so after drying the fly off I cast again and of course hang the fly on the branch. The fly was stuck and hanging about 18 inches above the water blowing back and forth. Al came back and we both thought the same thing. I wonder if a fish will come and try to eat that fly. Sure enough as I was getting a new fly on I looked up to see a fish splash back into the water. The fly was gone and there was a trout on the bottom just wondering why his jaw was aching
Had one more take but quickly got off and we decided to call it a day. Birds were working a shallow run above us picking off flies left and right. All in all a good day considering. The picture is where we took all but one of the fish for the day. I will hit this one again in a few weeks for sure
Here is hoping the fish gods grant us fair weather for May.
