bjbailey Posted May 1, 2010 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveM Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Nice! Big ole head on that sonuvagun, ain't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjjones11 Posted May 1, 2010 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gustuphson Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 nice feesh man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CF8 Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbowtrout Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 Way to stick to it. Good job!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowbuster Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Nice bruin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayhad Posted May 2, 2010 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heimdallr Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Great fish! And yeah, big ole head on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawgstoppah Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 < insert that crazy fool from crocodile hunter's voice NOW > LOOKIT THE SOIZE OF THE 'EDD ON ERHH!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatsleapfishrepeat Posted May 4, 2010 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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