Rises

I have been seeing a lot of bugs on the water, but I have not seen any rises. A couple here or there but not a fish that committed to eating off the top. 

That ended last Saturday.  I finally was in the right place at the right time.  Saw four fish rising in one hole. 

I cut off my nymph and picked out a dry. I was so excited that it took me five minutes to get my tippet through the eye. 

All the while the trout just kept coming up. Just adding more to my excitment. 

I finally got the fly on and cast out to them.  First drift, I had a take but no hookset. After the third cast, I got a nice little brownie in hand.  

Got to say.  Dry fly fishing is exciting and that made my day. 

Sunday Morning

Mike set up some fishing trough Instagram. So last night I tied up some BWO emergers and Al's Rats.  

I got there early and hit the stream.  Didn't see a single bug come off and sporatic rises. First cast and got a trout to follow the fly but not take it.  Tried a couple different holes and missed three. By that time Mike called and said he would be there in a half hour so I head back to the truck and put on a new leader. 

Mike showed up and two other guys also.  Pafishing and signatureflyco from Instagram.  We all headed back to the stream. Ended up getting a little brown. 

Got it one the BWO tied last night. 

A little bit later Mike hooked up and landed one. 

I ended up watching people fish more then doing it myself. Mike got a couple more and I had to heading out. 

Out of practice

Its been a while since i went out and it showed this evening. 

Back in April, while fishing, i slipped off a rock and broke my ankle. I have been dealing with it til now and finally getting surgery to fix it. 

So i want to get out as much as possible this weekend.  Started out with the Friday therapy session at the Lil Lehigh. 

Dry flies were not working.  A lot of noses, but no takers. Switched over to nymphs and hooked up a lot.  But the rust was on and lost about 7 of them.  Mostly due to the slow bite with bad hook sets and bad drag setting.  Did land one so it wasnt a lost cause. 

 

Brownie

Since it's a beautiful fall day. I got out of work a little early and hit the stream.

Put on a 18 BWO and with in a few casts had mutiple hits and got one on the line. 

That trout destroyed my fly.  So i switched it up.  Put on a nymph with an egg trailer.  Didn't need a strike indicator.  It was so clear i could see the flies. A few casts in and had a taker on the egg.   This one fought pretty well. 

While i was looking around and taking in nature i could see these two older men in the hole down stream from me.  You could tell the one was on his first fly fishing trip and having a hard time at it.  He was trying to cast but kept slapping the water.

Well the slapping just made me think of terrestrials.  So i put on a grasshopper.  Holy Crap the trout loved it. 

Now on a side note and why i named this  post. This is the first trout this year that wasnt a rainbow. From January till the end of September.  All trout were rainbows. 

Ended up getting another rainbow on the grasshopper. Then the two guys from earlier kept getting closer to me. The one guy who knew how to flyfish wouldnt shut up. I dont even think he was talking to anyone, just himself.  It just annoyed me so i packed it in.