Prospector
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Time Fished: 200pm - 600pm
Weather: Mostly Sunny at the start transitioning to full cloud cover by the end; 65 degrees
Water Conditions: Clear, 52 degrees at 230pm, 54 degrees at 430pm; Normal Flow for this time of year
Insects: Caddis were around the whole time but fairly sparse as Caddis go; For an hour or so also thought I saw small stoneflies
I checked a few locations and there were more cars than usual. The location I eventually picked had unoccupied water at the top end, as far as I could see, and the lower end had a husband and wife in a very nice hole. There was about 300 yds open. That was obviously too good to be true as 2 guys moved into the exact center of this open stretch soon after I started. I wanted to try out a sinking tip line so I was committed to swinging woolly buggers, wets and nymphs. I just methodically worked my way downstream, hopping out whenever I got within a reasonable distance of someone. In one hole there were several sporadic risers and I contemplated switching out my spool and tying on a dry fly, but I resisted. The risers were not only sporadic but they were spread out so you couldn’t cast to very many from one spot, it would have required moving back and forth a bit.
I ended up catching 9 rainbows on 2 different woolly buggers and a prince nymph. Got nothing on 2 other woolly buggers, a march brown nymph, a hares ear wet, a leadwing coachman wet and a sawyers killer bug. Most of the trout were quite small (10in) and I missed quite a few. I attribute the misses to a combination of the small fish and my lack of familiarity with the sinking tip line. The fish were definitely bunched up. It was rare to get a single strike in an area. It was more likely to get 5-10 strikes in 20 feet and then nothing for quite awhile. Usually the trout here are scattered more with consistent strikes throughout. The creek has changed quite drastically from last year and that may be a contributing factor to the concentrations of fish.
The husband and wife team were using spinning rods and doing quite well, they probably caught a combined 15 when I was above them. Those were the only fish I saw caught. I captured a few caddis and there is quite a size difference between them, although they appear to be the same type of caddis.
Weather: Mostly Sunny at the start transitioning to full cloud cover by the end; 65 degrees
Water Conditions: Clear, 52 degrees at 230pm, 54 degrees at 430pm; Normal Flow for this time of year
Insects: Caddis were around the whole time but fairly sparse as Caddis go; For an hour or so also thought I saw small stoneflies
I checked a few locations and there were more cars than usual. The location I eventually picked had unoccupied water at the top end, as far as I could see, and the lower end had a husband and wife in a very nice hole. There was about 300 yds open. That was obviously too good to be true as 2 guys moved into the exact center of this open stretch soon after I started. I wanted to try out a sinking tip line so I was committed to swinging woolly buggers, wets and nymphs. I just methodically worked my way downstream, hopping out whenever I got within a reasonable distance of someone. In one hole there were several sporadic risers and I contemplated switching out my spool and tying on a dry fly, but I resisted. The risers were not only sporadic but they were spread out so you couldn’t cast to very many from one spot, it would have required moving back and forth a bit.
I ended up catching 9 rainbows on 2 different woolly buggers and a prince nymph. Got nothing on 2 other woolly buggers, a march brown nymph, a hares ear wet, a leadwing coachman wet and a sawyers killer bug. Most of the trout were quite small (10in) and I missed quite a few. I attribute the misses to a combination of the small fish and my lack of familiarity with the sinking tip line. The fish were definitely bunched up. It was rare to get a single strike in an area. It was more likely to get 5-10 strikes in 20 feet and then nothing for quite awhile. Usually the trout here are scattered more with consistent strikes throughout. The creek has changed quite drastically from last year and that may be a contributing factor to the concentrations of fish.
The husband and wife team were using spinning rods and doing quite well, they probably caught a combined 15 when I was above them. Those were the only fish I saw caught. I captured a few caddis and there is quite a size difference between them, although they appear to be the same type of caddis.
