I dont have much to say about yesterday, other than this is my biggest fish to date, landed him on a stone fly and he was too big to fit in my net. He was something around 25" with weight to match. Since I didn't have a scale, Im not going to start throwing out numbers but he was heavy. Since there's not too much more to say I will give another tips and tricks post. Todays tip is about the importance of proper depth in the water column. Fish like to hang out on the bottom of the river, as many of you know, and in order to have a successful day you need to present the flies to the fish on or near their level. To do this you need to have a rough idea of the depth of the run, then drop your flies below your indicator around that depth. If I am fishing a run that I think is about 5 ft deep, I will have my flies about that depth. This seems intuitive but it is really easy to put out
more line than you need. If you have too much line out, your flies might still be in the proper zone due to the deeper water currents and swirling, but there will be slack below your indicator. This is a good way to miss a LOT of fish. So heres the fool proof way to do it. Start with about 5 feet of line below the indicator and put enough weight on so you know your flies are getting down (usually 2 size 1 split shot). If you dont get any grabs, move your indicator up 6" and try again. Keep this trend going until you hook up but I think you will be surprised at how 5 ft of line can get into the proper zone.
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WTW,
You are killing it and Im NOT! Gorgeous fish. I know you probably wont hint at your magic spot (or the bridge always in the background), but what time of day do these big hogs roll out of bed? When are you finding most success? I was on the river Sunday from 11:30-2 and nothing. Slow water, rippled water, depth changes.... Damn. Thanks and keep up the good work!
I have had a little trouble getting down to the river early so I have been starting any time from 1 until 3 and fishing until late. I will say, this weekend the temps dropped a little on Saturday and that made for some slower fishing for sat and sun. On warmer nights and days look for the big boys to be hitting hard before noon and the fishing to stay good until around 2. That is how the pattern has been setting up for me. On the colder days wait until the heat of the day, say two ish, before you start. Also, I fished yesterday way east of town and caught one tiny little bow, thats it. Then at the end of the day I hit up a run in town for an hour. In that last hour (430-530) I landed 3 and hooked up with a few more. So honestly I dont have a specific time for you, the only real advice I could say is look for a shelf or drop off below a big flat shallow area where fish would like to lay their eggs.
beast-- great fish man
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