jayL
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Fished over my first hatch of the season this weekend over at Hay creek. I started in the lower sections and caught nothing but a plastic bag and a coke bottle..... pigs everywhere these days. After I got sick of cleaning the streambanks, I went to the upper sections. Here I found a large section containing a few holdover and wild brown trout, all with beautiful yellow fins, feeding on some size 14 tan caddis.
Given that the water was high, cold, and off color, I didn't have any dry flies handy... ugh. Regardless, I stripped a size 14 hare's ear soft hackle through the film for some ridiculous strikes. It felt good to get em on top again.
While I had fun with the "sardines" (lots of 6 and 7 inchers, but still some nice holdovers too) my dad caught about good amount of fat stocker rainbows on bait... to each his own.
Good weekend to get out.
Given that the water was high, cold, and off color, I didn't have any dry flies handy... ugh. Regardless, I stripped a size 14 hare's ear soft hackle through the film for some ridiculous strikes. It felt good to get em on top again.
While I had fun with the "sardines" (lots of 6 and 7 inchers, but still some nice holdovers too) my dad caught about good amount of fat stocker rainbows on bait... to each his own.
Good weekend to get out.
