Monday, October 3, 2011

still wet, but tugging on trout

Hi Folks, Been wet here for the past week.  Looks like the weather will improve as the week progresses.  Though with the sun will come our first frost of the year potentially on Wednesday night.  Guided today on a series of small streams.  Had to cancel on Sunday with the rain and rising streams.  My philosophy is if I feel I cannot catch a fish in high dirty water than how can I expect my clients to?  Water levels were pretty high today and the temperature was 56 degrees.  Clarity was okay but a little off.  We nymph fished with a 3wt. rod with #12 tungsten prince under an indicator.  Used a bright colored indicator due to all of the junk in the water and the turbidity of the brooks we fished.  It never fails, a bright colored indicator gets eaten by fish.  Had a rainbow come right up on it.  We did land half dozen bows and lost or had on another half a dozen fish.  Even  had a few takes on large #10 royal stimulator.  Pretty decent small stream fishing for the conditions.  Our big water will be blown out for a few days, but the small streams are still fishing fine.  Off to do it again tomorrow.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy