Friday, August 31, 2012
could use some rain
Hi folks, Guided this morning for river smallmouth. Man the rivers and brooks are still wicked low and rain is really badly needed. Pretty humid out there and if it were not for some changing foliage you would sear it was still mid summer. On a brighter note, my client and I last night watched from the canoe a black bear swim across the lake. It was pretty cool. So back today. Water was low, clear, and 68 degrees at 6:30am. Pretty nice morning with cloud cover. We fished the surface with 5wt. outfits casting #10 and #12 hopper patterns and a #8 black and yellow popper. We dead drifted the flies and added movement. The current is so slow that we literally fished some spots like it was still water. The bass were holding in the tail outs of pools and close to any structure available in the river. We did land any monsters but we had pretty good steady action with small fish. Fun watching the surface take. Off to chase bass and walleye from the boat tomorrow morning. Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home. have fun, Willy