Prospector
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Time Fished: 4pm - 7pm
Weather Conditions: 65 degrees,sunny
Water Conditions: 46 degrees, nice water level, a little off color
Insects: Stonefly (sz 12-14) was most plentiful, Caddis (sz 16), a larger brown mayfly, small mayfly spinner (sz 16-18)
No one was fishing. I started with a streamer and had no strikes. Along the way I noticed there were many aggressive rises but no one fish was ripping it up.
I tied on a small mayfly with no takes. I had seen some Caddis in the air so I tied on a Grannom dry and caught a fish quickly but after that the fish didn’t seem interested. I found a larger Caddis that might pass for the stonefly that was active in the air but I had no takes on it. So, I changed my thinking back to underwater presentations and found a stonefly nymph in my box about the size and shape as the natural. I swung the fly wet and started getting takes but detecting strikes was tough. I actually hooked 2 when I was trying to transition into a back cast. Made we wonder how many fish were grabbing it but I couldn’t feel the strike. Of the ones I hooked, most trout got off. On the stonefly nymph, I caught one and probably lost 10.
I made the final fly change to a small olive woolly bugger. I knew I needed get some movement on the fly to be able to detect strikes. I used that technique where you mend with your hand quickly alternating from pinky to index finger. That helped. In total I landed 7 trout landed.
I saw a mink traveling up the bank checking out every nook and cranny
Attached are photos of the a spinner and a dun that were present.
Weather Conditions: 65 degrees,sunny
Water Conditions: 46 degrees, nice water level, a little off color
Insects: Stonefly (sz 12-14) was most plentiful, Caddis (sz 16), a larger brown mayfly, small mayfly spinner (sz 16-18)
No one was fishing. I started with a streamer and had no strikes. Along the way I noticed there were many aggressive rises but no one fish was ripping it up.
I tied on a small mayfly with no takes. I had seen some Caddis in the air so I tied on a Grannom dry and caught a fish quickly but after that the fish didn’t seem interested. I found a larger Caddis that might pass for the stonefly that was active in the air but I had no takes on it. So, I changed my thinking back to underwater presentations and found a stonefly nymph in my box about the size and shape as the natural. I swung the fly wet and started getting takes but detecting strikes was tough. I actually hooked 2 when I was trying to transition into a back cast. Made we wonder how many fish were grabbing it but I couldn’t feel the strike. Of the ones I hooked, most trout got off. On the stonefly nymph, I caught one and probably lost 10.
I made the final fly change to a small olive woolly bugger. I knew I needed get some movement on the fly to be able to detect strikes. I used that technique where you mend with your hand quickly alternating from pinky to index finger. That helped. In total I landed 7 trout landed.
I saw a mink traveling up the bank checking out every nook and cranny
Attached are photos of the a spinner and a dun that were present.
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