bjbailey Posted May 1, 2010 Posted May 1, 2010 Despite higher water levels with less than perfect visibility, I decided to head out on the bow for 2 hours this afternoon. Within minutes of hitting the banks I spotted a good fish in about 18" of water. It wasn't moving a whole lot and after drifting BWOs, a few nymphs, and swinging some streamers in front of it, I started second guessing myself; maybe this was just a shadow in between the two large rocks? I began getting a little frustrated and decided to wade out to see if this shadow was even a fish - sure enough, three steps in the water and it was gone. That was stupid! After moving upstream and not seeing a whole lot of other fish, I decided to move back down to see if he had returned after me stupidly spooking it. Lucky for me, he had settled back in between the two rocks. Again, I drifted several nymphs and swung a few streamers but obviously wasn't getting the presentation right. It was a bit of a difficult drift so I decided to toss on a big dry (#8 Green Drake) to drift a dropper (#10 pheasent tail) a little more delicately. After almost half an hour of fighting with the wind and current, I FINALLY got a take as the drake slipped under the water. A few minutes later I had this nice (although rather beat up) 23.5" male brown to hand. Quote
jayjjones11 Posted May 1, 2010 Posted May 1, 2010 Despite higher water levels with less than perfect visibility, I decided to head out on the bow for 2 hours this afternoon. Within minutes of hitting the banks I spotted a good fish in about 18" of water. It wasn't moving a whole lot and after drifting BWOs, a few nymphs, and swinging some streamers in front of it, I started second guessing myself; maybe this was just a shadow in between the two large rocks? I began getting a little frustrated and decided to wade out to see if this shadow was even a fish - sure enough, three steps in the water and it was gone. That was stupid! After moving upstream and not seeing a whole lot of other fish, I decided to move back down to see if he had returned after me stupidly spooking it. Lucky for me, he had settled back in between the two rocks. Again, I drifted several nymphs and swung a few streamers but obviously wasn't getting the presentation right. It was a bit of a difficult drift so I decided to toss on a big dry (#8 Green Drake) to drift a dropper (#10 pheasent tail) a little more delicately. After almost half an hour of fighting with the wind and current, I FINALLY got a take as the drake slipped under the water. A few minutes later I had this nice (although rather beat up) 23.5" male brown to hand. pretty typical behaviour of a fish that color (and location). nicely done Quote
Jayhad Posted May 2, 2010 Posted May 2, 2010 Great fish man, wish I had someone to snap pics for me today. The wind did come up didn't it Quote
Hawgstoppah Posted May 2, 2010 Posted May 2, 2010 < insert that crazy fool from crocodile hunter's voice NOW > LOOKIT THE SOIZE OF THE 'EDD ON ERHH!!!!!! Quote
eatsleapfishrepeat Posted May 4, 2010 Posted May 4, 2010 Nice fish! im pretty sure i caught the same fish 3 weeks ago because judging by the spot you are at and your description that he was "in between two rocks". seems to me like it would be a fluke if it was a different 23.5" brown who was also dark which i caught. Quote
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