Monday, May 23, 2016

weird weekend of fishing

Hi Folks, Had a full slate of guiding this weekend fly fishing for river trout and chasing bass in pike in my boat.  Friday and Saturday were blue bird warm sunny days.  Sunday' s fishing was postponed due to heavy rain with hail and thunderstorms.  River temperatures have finally reached 60 degrees and there has been lots of bug activity.  #10/#12 March Browns are now emerging throughout the day as well a fair number of #14 Hendrickson spinners at dusk, with a few #14 sulphurs coming off as well.  Rocks in heavy riffles are loaded with cased caddis that getting ready to pop.  The caddis are #16 and olive green in color.  We did catch few wild rainbows dead drifting a black leech.  The trout seem to have been hunkered down under the bright sun and really become active at dusk.  On the lake front, the fishing was pretty challenging on Saturday.  Once again big bright sun was the theme until late in the day.  Was a full moon which often makes me wonder if the fish do not do a lot of feeding after dark.  We did see a few spawning beds and they appeared to have been made by smallmouth bass.  The water temperature was 62 degrees and with the full moon I would have expected to see some spawning activity.  There will be another big push of spawning in June during the full moon.  No one species in the wild will reproduce all at once.  If that was the case then they would have a difficult time not becoming extinct during certain years of distress.  We did spot a few bass cruising around in deeper water and they were not interested in eating.  Noticed that a percentage of the spawning beds I saw were in deeper water than previous years. This is due the lack of rain and low water we are experiencing.  We did catch a pike in 20' of water and had a few bass crush a top water a #6 black and red deer hair fly.  However, for this time of the year the fishing was slow.  Well never discouraged and always moving forward not backwards.  Remember to clean your gear and keep the non-native species at home.  Have Fun, Willy