3wt7X
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Time Fished: 0800 am-0300 PM
Weather:
It was a chili 34 degrees with cloud cover when we arrived. Throughout the day, the temps rose into the upper forties with light rain starting around 2 o'clock, and became stronger as the afternoon progressed. We did not see the sun all day, so I am basically saying that the weather was everything that you'd hope for in a late March day searching for the first olive hatch of the year.
Water Conditions:
Similar to my trip last week, the water was still running strong at 112 cfs, but this week it had a little less stain to it in the morning. As the rains came down late afternoon, the water became chalky. That stream was cold yesterday. I looked at the USGS information, and it was the only day on the chart that did not break the 42 degree mark in water temp.
Hatches:
The morning saw little to nothing going on hatch wise. Around 11 am, we started noticing an emergence of midges of varied sizes from tiny to almost a size 18. My good friend told me he saw a couple olives come off in the hole he was fishing, just prior to us breaking for lunch. When we returned from lunch, we began scouting larger holes and seeing heads coming up. The midge hatch became stronger, and the olives size 20 hatched in numbers that were sparse, but strong enough to get the attention of the wild browns.
Results:
Best day of the season so far, My good friend came up from Quantico Virginia and I introduced him to the Savage. I showed him the holding water that was productive last week, and I told him to count every fish caught in the morning as a gift this time of year, because things really don't start happening until the stream warms up a bit. His first Savage River fish turns out to be a gorgeous 16 wild brown. I had one of those big fish that got away moments in the morning. While fishing a deep run with a tandem rig of an small egg and size 22 zebra midge, a brown in the 18 inch range takes the midge and bull dogs me in the back of the run with big head shakes until the small midge fly comes popping out of his jaw bone. Upon coming back from lunch we were greeted with a steady dose of rising trout, and we took about a dozen on different midge and bwo dry flies in a size 20-22.
Weather:
It was a chili 34 degrees with cloud cover when we arrived. Throughout the day, the temps rose into the upper forties with light rain starting around 2 o'clock, and became stronger as the afternoon progressed. We did not see the sun all day, so I am basically saying that the weather was everything that you'd hope for in a late March day searching for the first olive hatch of the year.
Water Conditions:
Similar to my trip last week, the water was still running strong at 112 cfs, but this week it had a little less stain to it in the morning. As the rains came down late afternoon, the water became chalky. That stream was cold yesterday. I looked at the USGS information, and it was the only day on the chart that did not break the 42 degree mark in water temp.
Hatches:
The morning saw little to nothing going on hatch wise. Around 11 am, we started noticing an emergence of midges of varied sizes from tiny to almost a size 18. My good friend told me he saw a couple olives come off in the hole he was fishing, just prior to us breaking for lunch. When we returned from lunch, we began scouting larger holes and seeing heads coming up. The midge hatch became stronger, and the olives size 20 hatched in numbers that were sparse, but strong enough to get the attention of the wild browns.
Results:
Best day of the season so far, My good friend came up from Quantico Virginia and I introduced him to the Savage. I showed him the holding water that was productive last week, and I told him to count every fish caught in the morning as a gift this time of year, because things really don't start happening until the stream warms up a bit. His first Savage River fish turns out to be a gorgeous 16 wild brown. I had one of those big fish that got away moments in the morning. While fishing a deep run with a tandem rig of an small egg and size 22 zebra midge, a brown in the 18 inch range takes the midge and bull dogs me in the back of the run with big head shakes until the small midge fly comes popping out of his jaw bone. Upon coming back from lunch we were greeted with a steady dose of rising trout, and we took about a dozen on different midge and bwo dry flies in a size 20-22.
