Fish Friday

I spent the day at the Caney with the men of the Harston family.  From all accounts, it was a slow day for every one on the river.  Due to the fact that I forgot my sunglasses on the brightest day of the week and also that I threw my 2.75 reading glassed in the trash along with my empty Dr. Pepper can I didnt change flies as many times as I should have.  Excuses, excuses.  I caught three rainbows all fairly small and that was it .  I don't think the boys did much better.  I tried midges, scuds, and soft hackle and none really worked.  Earlier in the week they caught a bunch.  Other than the fishing, it was a great day spent with great friends.  We'll try it again, soon I hope.  Until next time, Pappy.

Almost a Movie

I decided to go fishing today because I wasn't sure when I would be able to go again, due to the fact I may be doing some painting for the next few days.  I was sure it was going to be a little chilly but I didn't know snow was in the forecast for the afternoon.  I got onto the water about 10:15  again below the steps at the nature trail.  Total time on the water was 5 hours, a long time to be standing and wading.  The morning started off slow with only a few bites and a couple of catches.  The aggravating thing was that the fish were surfacing all around me and would not take what they had been for the last couple of times; soft hackles, nymphs, scuds and some that don't have names.  A fellow fisherman that had caught a few told me to try a midge, that's what he was using.  Well, low and behold, that was the ticket for the next couple of hours.  When that quit, I went back to the scuds and finished the day in a blowing snow. Oh, about the movie.  Caught 22      Until next time, Pappy.

A Good Day In The Rain

Today, I was already close to the Caney so I decided I might as well finish the day fishing.  By the time I got on the water the clouds had opened up a little and the sprinkles began and continued for the next 4 hours.  I guess since the fish were already wet it didn't bother them other than they wanted to test the flies before they decided to eat them.  The first 5 trout I had on got off after about three strips to the line and that was only after I had been on the water for about 20 minutes.  About that time, a drift boat guide and his client floated up and we chatted for a few minutes.  As soon as he paddled off I netted my first, a beautifully colored Brookie. The fish today were scattered in the weedy, shallow water for the first couple of hours.  Later in the afternoon they had moved to the deeper water areas but still close to the bank .  By the end of the day, I had caught a mixture of rainbow, brown and brooks  Most were in the 10-12 inch range.  According to my counter, I ended up with  14.  A pretty good day to play in the rain.  Until next time, Pappy.

Back to Wading

I was awakened this morning by a text from a former relative around 6 am so that made my mind up to go fishing.  I decided to wade today since the last canoe trip wasn't very good.  I got in the water below the steps at the end of the nature trail close to the dam about 8:56. I then proceeded to walk in the woods another 7 minutes to an area I had never fished before.  There was only one other fisherman down that way so I figured I had a decent chance to catch a few.   I caught one rainbow and two browns within the first fifteen minutes and then ten minutes later I had caught three more browns.  By the end of the afternoon, I had caught a total of nineteen trout including two beautiful brookies.  I'm going to try to get a picture posted if I can get this thing figured out.  That's all for now, until next time.  Pappy

A little catch up here.  I finally decided to get out in my boat/canoe since I had had such good luck with Bill B.  I probably fished a total of 6 times around the dam, once with my next door neighbor and another time with my friend Buddy H. and the rest of the time by myself.  I averaged 25 trout while by myself with a high of 35 in about  4 hours.   There wasn't much of anything they wouldn't hit.  I then took off for about 3 weeks and went back yesterday.  My how things changed.  The weather had gotten much colder in that time, the time had changed; it was getting late earlier. The fish would not co-operate.  I only had 4 hits in 2 hrs. and tried several different flies.  To top it off, I almost flooded my canoe.  That was enough for one morning.  I'll probably get back to wading for a while, I don't want to go swimming in 50 degree water.  I'm going to try to go one more time before Thanksgiving and I'll report then.  Until next time,  Pappy.