Monday morning seen me leaving the workplace at 3;30 am. Earlier that evening I had texted my good friend Mike to see how the old fart was doing. Last week we had fished a few places...well Mike fished a few places. I on the otherhand, after working until 3 am monday,was napping in the Jeep. We had more of a scouting trip with a half day mixed in and a fish to hand each. We had both noticed on the way to our destination last week that this creek had some very nice water and was very fishable. The following monday had us meeting at our usual spot with Mike's son Jake tagging along. It was the first time I had met Jake so I had ribbed him, telling him he better have his game today .
The day was amazingly kalidescoptic giving us all of the colorful patterns of ...well spring really. I myself rather prefer fishing mostly to partly cloudy days and this was such a day. We did encounter few brief rain bursts but nothing that lasted to long while we were out. The wind cooperated with us all day just bringing us whisps of cooling and drying our heads. The air around us smelled a sweet sagebrush and cleansed from the rain.
We were into fish rather quickly and most of the initial ones were taken on the dropper. The tungsten beatis was the ticket early but as we were noticing more abundant rises we had concentrated more on risers. There were a variety of insects fluttering to and fro but more prolific were the caddis. Later on in the afternoon around 1pm I had noticed some Drakes on the water, I think they were grey drakes. I had switched to a cripple and had success landing one on that pattern but the caddis was the money fly for me. Around 3 pm or so I had noticed just a couple Golden's fluttering nearby. I had checked under rocks for larva and seen a couple but again mostly caddis casings, most small but a few larger ones.
The weather on our way back had changed into rain again. I am sure glad it had waited for us to leave before rearing its payload. As it is I havent watered my lawn but once this year and I have a bet that it wont be until the 3rd week in june until I have to turn the sprinklers on. All in all it was nice visiting my old friend Mike (From The Past),and meeting a new friend Mike's son Jake(The Future), and fishing
an old friend (The Currant). Until next time.......
The day was amazingly kalidescoptic giving us all of the colorful patterns of ...well spring really. I myself rather prefer fishing mostly to partly cloudy days and this was such a day. We did encounter few brief rain bursts but nothing that lasted to long while we were out. The wind cooperated with us all day just bringing us whisps of cooling and drying our heads. The air around us smelled a sweet sagebrush and cleansed from the rain.
We were into fish rather quickly and most of the initial ones were taken on the dropper. The tungsten beatis was the ticket early but as we were noticing more abundant rises we had concentrated more on risers. There were a variety of insects fluttering to and fro but more prolific were the caddis. Later on in the afternoon around 1pm I had noticed some Drakes on the water, I think they were grey drakes. I had switched to a cripple and had success landing one on that pattern but the caddis was the money fly for me. Around 3 pm or so I had noticed just a couple Golden's fluttering nearby. I had checked under rocks for larva and seen a couple but again mostly caddis casings, most small but a few larger ones.
The weather on our way back had changed into rain again. I am sure glad it had waited for us to leave before rearing its payload. As it is I havent watered my lawn but once this year and I have a bet that it wont be until the 3rd week in june until I have to turn the sprinklers on. All in all it was nice visiting my old friend Mike (From The Past),and meeting a new friend Mike's son Jake(The Future), and fishing
an old friend (The Currant). Until next time.......
1 comment:
it was definately nicer to throw dries and get in a few fish. jake got frustrated with some of the tight confines of the river while trying to cast though.
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