dc410
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Fall is definitely sneaking in quick on us this year. I just spent an absolutely gorgeous evening on a local limestoner targeting wild trout. I fished from 5 PM to 7:30 PM and the water temperature was 59 degrees. Perfect for the native brookies! When I arrived, I saw multiple fish rising so I was expecting a pretty good evening.
I tried something a bit different just to see how it would produce. I tied on a size 14 peacock body CDC & Elk and tied an unweighted Green Weenie about 18 inches below and off the bend of the CDC & Elk. I know that the dry/dropper thing can be very productive but I rarely do it. I fished these same two flies the whole evening.
In the 2 1/2 hours that I fished I caught 13 native brookies and 5 wild browns (and probably lost at least 10 or 12 on the long distance release). I caught 5 on the CDC & Elk and 13 fish on the Green Weenie. The largest fish was about a 10 1/2 inch native brookie taken on top on the CDC/Elk. I found it interesting that all of the browns were taken underneath on the Green Weenie. It appeared that the brookies were the only ones working the top this evening. There was a sporatic white fly spinnerfall at dusk but I didn't see any trout specifically taking them. Great to see that some of the fish are starting to put on their fall colors. This is a great time of year to be out on the streams with very little pressure and the fish are so beautiful. Don't miss out on it!
I tried something a bit different just to see how it would produce. I tied on a size 14 peacock body CDC & Elk and tied an unweighted Green Weenie about 18 inches below and off the bend of the CDC & Elk. I know that the dry/dropper thing can be very productive but I rarely do it. I fished these same two flies the whole evening.
In the 2 1/2 hours that I fished I caught 13 native brookies and 5 wild browns (and probably lost at least 10 or 12 on the long distance release). I caught 5 on the CDC & Elk and 13 fish on the Green Weenie. The largest fish was about a 10 1/2 inch native brookie taken on top on the CDC/Elk. I found it interesting that all of the browns were taken underneath on the Green Weenie. It appeared that the brookies were the only ones working the top this evening. There was a sporatic white fly spinnerfall at dusk but I didn't see any trout specifically taking them. Great to see that some of the fish are starting to put on their fall colors. This is a great time of year to be out on the streams with very little pressure and the fish are so beautiful. Don't miss out on it!