Monday, March 11, 2013

Took my line fishing for a monday

Well got out today for the late morning and afternoon. The weather was great and the trout were very eager to eat my offerings. I started out with a dry dropper rig. The dry was a hackle stacker adams and the dropper was a #18 high test hares ear. The trout didnt touch the adams, but they were hammering the h.t.h.e. Around noon the olives started to hatch and the trout began to rise. So I went with an olive hackle stacker, one with a peacock thorax and a quill body. The fly worked great and thanks to the bug bond I put on the quill, the fly lasted all afternoon. I didnt have lunch, the fishing was just to good to stop, so with "more than four" I made my way back to my car.


8 comments:

  1. I remember days like that, the I moved to the bowels of this country. Shame on me

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  2. Hi Johnny!

    I can see that you had a great outing at the stream. Very good looking stream. Must be a pleasure to fish there. I've always liked mayflies so it's nice to see pictures of them. I guess it's Large Dark Olive that's in the pictures. They hatch early in the season. Unfortunately we have between 5-10 degrees below zero centigrade here at the moment and it's about to get even colder. So no fly fishing yet for a while. Thanks for sharing your successful trip to the stream!

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    1. Jassid,

      It was a good day for sure, and its always nice to see the spring baetis. 5-10 degrees is COLD! But spring is just around the corner and your welcome!

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  3. Beautiful wild browns.
    Well done.

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    1. Brk,
      I was taken back the beauty of some of the brown I got, just amazing creatures. Ty.

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  4. Hey John, those are some real beauties. Big fish for that size water. Good job!

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    1. Jake,
      Good to hear from you. Beauties for sure, and monster in there world. Ty!

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