Catching Up

Well, I've fished 3 different places since my last post.  One was after a stocking in Lewisburg at the park.  The weather wasn't very good.  The air temperature was maybe 40 degrees with a 10-15 mph wind.  The fish had just been put in and not very hungry.  There were maybe 7 people fishing off the bank, all with spinning rods.  I was there with my friend Ed who is a rep with trout magnet lures.  Even his lures didn't do much so you know the fish weren't hungry.  We didn't stay long and decided to take a trip to the Elk as soon as the weather permitted.  That was a few days later.   We made it to the Elk around 11am and started about a hundred yards below the dam, at the start of the bend.  I was throwing flies and Ed was doing his thing with the trout magnet.  Well, his thing did a whole lot better than mine.  That's all I'm going to say. My third trip was finally to the friendly confines of Caney Fork.  The wierd thing is that I hadn't intended on fishing.  The weather was terrible.  I was going to check on Gordon's place, which was fine, and I then went down to the dam and some people were at the dam fishing and the wind had died down quite a bit.  I then decided I was try my luck below the steps.  The water was still a foot or so high even an hour and a half after the generation had stopped.  I didn't get a bite for the first 45 minutes using various midges.  I was about to leave because the wind had picked up but I decided to tie on a wooly bugger.  Long story short,  I had caught 6 trout in the next 30 minutes. Another dry spell for about 30 minutes and then one final trout, a brookie, which gave me a triple play.  I had 5 rainbows, 1 brown, and 1 brook.  Not bad for a day that I hadn't intended to fish.  Hopefully, it won't be another month before I get out again. Until next time,  Pappy