10/16

Short hand version today.
 
Stated low.
Fish trickling thru here and there .
Lost 1 of the 2 pewter bright hens I saw go thru.
Males were pretty beat looking.
 
8:30 made the move to the lfz.
Guide and clients on Clint's rock and just upriver.
Went by them to have my own water.
Swung cut shank intruderish flies tied on #2 streamer shanks about 4 in long.
Had around 8 or nine solid takes but couldn't put any to shore for pics.
They kept falling off after a minute or two.
 
I'm talking arm jolting takes.
 
Thinking back on it they were taking about 30 or 40 feet downriver and near the end of the swing.
I reacted by setting as always  pulling the fly up and away from the fish rather that giving slack and setting down and towards the bank.
My bad.
 
Also the #4 trailer hook while not a circle hook has a slight inward bend.
 Tendonitis in my foot started to hurt bad so I went for a drive looking for water.
16 cars including a drift boat in what I will dub  "the twat lot"
(rhymes pretty good) and the same at the wire lot.
Not for me.
Went to trussle (like that spelling from another site) and the lot was a mess.
Looked and saw only a few people there so assumed walking would be usless.
Cicled and found Pville full, Sportsmens crowded but the spot of spots was Ellis.
You could fit another car in with a shoe horn.
Went to Malinda's and she gave me a shipping tube to send an Orvis rod I broke last year back.
Saved me a trip to ups to buy one.
 
A good day I could have made better with a little critical thinking at the right time.

Thanks for the report 2.. I wonder if the DB said pucker bush creek on the side..lol
Seems it's still pretty busy up there on a tues no less and I will hold off this week to get some house chores done.. Maybe next fri 3fan will have iced those wee warts down enough to be able to stretch some line on chrome..lol
My pal Lance did very well with them on monday in Jacks secret spot..

twobob
Fichy you bet the strikes were still exciting.
They were trying to kill those intruders not nip them.
Just cause I'm a dolt that can't remember how to set doesn't change that.
 
I heard several people say they saw steel moving about.
Didn't see any myself.
I forgot that there were quite a few  "I 'm not lifting , no really I'm not"
guys yesterday.
Too much weight, tight line short drift and then accelerate the take out for the next cast.
 

My term for that "fishing" is STEALTH LIFTING

Sweet Hyde rowboat but not the pucker bush drifter as I remember it from a decade ago.
Not bad for a high speed driveby shot.

Nice report twooby... hey I scent you an email a while back did you ever get it?

Last one I got had a pic of the boy releasing one.
Were there any after that?
Never got a chance to post it with the pics I've been putting up on another board.
 
Fichy thanks for letting me repost your pic.
I just haven't figured out how to do it.

Two bob you hit a nerve over there talk about being taken out of context. Seems like too much drama there for me.

Wee warts on ice now Tuna count me in for next Friday, float or walk Im game cant wait!!!

I don't mind getting ripped on at all BB.
 

  Any one hitting the water tomorrow?

Gennie at Portageville spiked quite a bit in the last few days, with Rushford being drained and rain, may be here in the next 5 or 6 days, so I Ck may have to do it, although there is still a fair amount of rain coming according to NWS.
 
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