wgmiller
Well-known member
To follow up the thread in the general forum, I met up with "Troutpoop" today on Manada for a few hours of fishing. I had originally planned on parking along Furnace Rd and fishing up, but came across TP on the way to the road. So I parked, rigged up, and proceed to fish downstream of 443.
As mentioned, the water temp was 39, low, and clear. Just in the time since I was up last week, the water has dropped significantly. Here's hoping for some snow! The stream was very wadeable and the holes holding fish became very defined.
We had no wind, some sun, and little insect activity. Not enough to consider going topside. I fished a green weenie dropped with a Walt's Worm most of the time and it seemed to do fine. Some "high sticking" and I got lucky to get into some fish. Some of the takes were aggressive, others not so much.
TP and I fished downstream about halfway to Furnace Road where we met up with "Phish On" and "Idratherbephishing". We BS'ed for a bit, then went our separate ways. I believe they said they got into a few fish as well.
I'm 99% sure that TP caught the same brown I caught last week, from the same hole. I caught a nice 11" rainbow along with a spunky brown.
"Troutpoop" with the repeat offender fish
My rainbow
My brown
After TP left, I fished usptream of 443 for a bit and got into a few small streambred fish that I couldn't bring to hand. I worked about halfway up and came across a hole that had about a dozen fish stacked up like cordwood. I could literally walk right on top of them before they'd move. I threw a bunch of stuff at them, with no interest in eating. They were hugging bottom, in formation, so I knew they were in "winter mode". I know where they are, so tomorrow is another day.
Overall it was a good day to fish and another enjoyable trip to Manada for a few hours of fishing. I'm certainly enjoying "winter" fishing this year!
TP working a hole
I need to call Buckeye Partners - their gas line is sticking out!
As mentioned, the water temp was 39, low, and clear. Just in the time since I was up last week, the water has dropped significantly. Here's hoping for some snow! The stream was very wadeable and the holes holding fish became very defined.
We had no wind, some sun, and little insect activity. Not enough to consider going topside. I fished a green weenie dropped with a Walt's Worm most of the time and it seemed to do fine. Some "high sticking" and I got lucky to get into some fish. Some of the takes were aggressive, others not so much.
TP and I fished downstream about halfway to Furnace Road where we met up with "Phish On" and "Idratherbephishing". We BS'ed for a bit, then went our separate ways. I believe they said they got into a few fish as well.
I'm 99% sure that TP caught the same brown I caught last week, from the same hole. I caught a nice 11" rainbow along with a spunky brown.
"Troutpoop" with the repeat offender fish
My rainbow
My brown
After TP left, I fished usptream of 443 for a bit and got into a few small streambred fish that I couldn't bring to hand. I worked about halfway up and came across a hole that had about a dozen fish stacked up like cordwood. I could literally walk right on top of them before they'd move. I threw a bunch of stuff at them, with no interest in eating. They were hugging bottom, in formation, so I knew they were in "winter mode". I know where they are, so tomorrow is another day.
Overall it was a good day to fish and another enjoyable trip to Manada for a few hours of fishing. I'm certainly enjoying "winter" fishing this year!
TP working a hole
I need to call Buckeye Partners - their gas line is sticking out!
