Good Weekend

Managed to get out both Saturday and Sunday for some quick afternoon fishing. Decided to hit up little trickles for wild fish, and by dusk on Sunday, had brought a few to hand.

I was surprised to see a mayfly hatch Sunday, though the fish didn't seem to be nearly as thrilled, and ignored the hatch completely. Might have been some kind of BWO, though it was large (14-16 range) and more of a mottled brown than olive. Any ideas?

The streams:

Saturday:


Sunday:


The goods:

any chance you can make the pictures larger?

nice fish

nice!

ORIGINAL: norm289

Looks like you had a good time! 

Yeah, it was nice to get out for trout again! Though I was a little out of practice...and trying to skip a nymph up into a 16" gap between the water surface and the overhanging laurel was...well, interesting.

There was one bow that I hooked 3 times with 3 different patterns that I never did land...I just some fish just have that flip-roll thing perfected...

It was also nice to use a light rod again in a more technical situation, after spending weekends flipping and plopping heavy rigs in erie with the 7wt.

7'-9" 3wt St. Croix Avid.

Thought about taking the 7' 4wt but that 3 has good juju.

Of the 4 I got, 3 took a beadhead PT...which are the first fish I've caught with a PT...ever...which, when I realized it, kind of surprised me.

Nice pics Cold.
 

ORIGINAL: Loomis


Thinking of spinning a few 6'10" 0 wts for mountain adventures.

 
is that before or after you spin mine??

I'm out throwing dries to these little brahs at least once a week, staying the heck out of the water as much as possible to avoid disrupting the natural flow of things.  I never fish nymphs in small streams like this, but to catch more than just a few to make the outting worthwhile, I've had to go underneath.  Do the fish turn off the surface because they are paired/pairing up and have other things on their minds? 

I personally feel native/wild fish in small streams are the dumbest, easiest to fool of the bunch.  In fact, not once have I had to match the hatch to bring fish to the surface in such places.  PMD's, Adams, and Stimy's, you don't need to get too technical. 
 
Also, does the stonefly require a higher quality of water than mayflies and caddis?  I see more yellow sallies on native stretches than any other bug.

ORIGINAL: Cold

ORIGINAL: Loomis

Thinking of spinning a few 6'10" 0 wts for mountain adventures.

Eventually, maybe before next spring, I'll probably be thinking about ultralight...saw a 10 foot 1wt blank a few months ago that raised some interesting questions...

I have an interesting question, where can you use a 10' 1 wt for natives? lol

I am sure that would be an excellent rod for throwing midges in bigger water, or dries for that matter..


Just curious, was a dan Craft FT blank?  or a manufactured rod?  if so, please provide the model.

ORIGINAL: KJH807

ORIGINAL: Cold


saw a 10 foot 1wt blank a few months ago that raised some interesting questions...

the first one..... why?

That was the first one that popped into my mind. But if its being sold, there must be a use for it. It might be nice on any stream where you have some room. Would make drifts easier too...but most small streams I fish, I'm doing good to function with a 7 footer, let alone 10. For bigger water though, I'd love to try one. Might be nice to have the extra length in a float tube as well.

Let's not go through this one again. Let's just agree that a 8'-6" 5wt can do it all and there is clearly no reason to make any other fly rod other than pure and simple vanity, ok?

Obviously, its an out of the ordinary line weight/length combination. Just because we cant really see a use for it doesn't mean there isn't one.

Yes for natives a shorter rod is better in most cases.

Sorry I mentioned a goofy blank I saw advertised months ago lol.

lol, its cool... Its as strange to me as it is to everyone else.

Um...I'll have to do a little digging to find the link where I saw it...pretty sure it wasn't though. They had 10 foot blanks from 1 thru 4 or 5 weight.

cold, nice pics. stick with the small rods for small cricks. they kinda go together.