Valley Creek/2-11-2009

[JustFish]

Fished Valley today. Air temp. was in the sixties. Caught eight fish with midges and scuds.

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[jayL]

I love valley when it has water in it.

Were they rising?

 

[JustFish]

There were some fish taking emerging midges. I did get a bunch on a midge emerger.......4X leader and had to go down to 6x tippet. Not cause the fish were leader shy but b/c I couldn't fit 5x through the eyehole of the size midge I was fishing.

 

[vcregular]

Fish were slamming the top pretty good in spots on Wed. Micro stuff. Did not fish, just watched.

Signed,

Stream conservationist; and not just my honey hole either.

 

[paflyfisher]

I fished valley creek on Wed. (2-11) and didn't catch anything. Had one bite but lost it. I fished from just above covered bridge downstream a ways. This was the first time here in winter. I have a lot to learn. But it was nice to get out.

 

[Raven456]

For what it's worth, I have had great success recently on Valley fishing zebra midge nymphs (18-22). Sunday I caught 8 and lost half as many.

 

[JustFish]

Jay,

It's funny the guy that got me into flyfishing and gave me my base of knowledge was a wetfly/dryfly guy....I don't swing flies as much any more or should I say as much as I should, however, the ones I got on the midges I was swinging them. Great tactic!!!!! I have found that swinging wetflys isn't as easy as dead drifting....at least for me anyway. :-D A lot of guys at Valley still swing flies...more so than other streams I have fished. I LIKE THAT!!!!! :-D

 

[jayL]

vcregular wrote:
Fish were slamming the top pretty good in spots on Wed. Micro stuff. Did not fish, just watched.

Signed,

Stream conservationist; and not just my honey hole either.

Thanks for the tips.

Perhaps I've read too much Rand. Also, perhaps you've misinterpreted my statements.

Signed,

A conservationist, feeling vilified for caring about nothing but the health of our sport.

 

[mute]

Nice fish!

Signed,

Myself, and what the hell are you guys talking about!?

 

[salvelinusfontinalis]

8 fish for valley is a very good day!

Signed,

Amazed, and im with myself and dont understand what your talking about.

 

[jayL]

Koala bears.

 

[David]

jayL wrote:

Perhaps I've read too much Rand.

So you're an objectivist?

 

[jayL]

David wrote:

jayL wrote:

Perhaps I've read too much Rand.

So you're an objectivist?

No, I was just making a joke about a my semi-objectivist approach to stream stewardship. It's a subject that tends to **** some people off. Without fishing, I (and many others) wouldn't care about streams like we do. Nothin' wrong with that, IMO. Just bringing it up usually results in a good argument.

 

[David]

"My position is, we should have a clean, healthy, diverse natural environment so I can go fishing. Because fishing makes me happy."
-Gierach

 

[salvelinusfontinalis]

thought you might like this jay ;-)

 

[jayL]

Wow. Two awesome posts in a row. 🙂 Thanks guys.

David, I'm going to make that a sig. Good find.

 

[JackM]

Interesting.

Signed,

Though I've never cast a Sage, I am one.

 

[JustFish]

Eight fish in one day at Valley is a GREAT DAY.......I HAD A GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SIGNED,

A HAPPY FISHERMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Fishidiot]

Wow - eight fish on Valley is a heckava day.

Signed,
I tried to cast a sage once (the dude wouldn't shut up!) but he was too heavy and broke my fly rod....Hate it when that happens.
:-D

 

[JustFish]

I am falling in love with Valley!! I am beginning to know which buttons to push on her to produce!