12/9/13

Got up at 0500 and it was a sleeting mess so turned in for another hour or so.   Got out of the house at  0930 and ran some errands.   It was on again off again sprinkles.   I fished the tail today and lost a few heart breakers. I fought one for what seemed  15 minutes.   Once they got in the fast water is was tough to get them back up and it was goodbye.   Today it seemed they wanted you to change every 15 minutes as the hits would come in the first 10 casts of the new fly and then nothing.   Hits were subtle and often if you had slack in line you would not feel them until the flyline pulled tight, took the fly and sat.   Hits today on size 12 sedge fly, green bean caddis and   stones, steelhead hammer in size 8.   4lb tippet outperformed 6lb and all fish lost except one were due to hook pops not breakoffs.   The only break off I had was a heartbreaker male that took me to the backing upstream and then down.   I lost him way down by the bend where they all sit in lawn chairs and BBQ  it was try to put the breaks on him or possibly lose my line.   Good day, but none to the net.    If it does not snow too bad Wednesday is the net day for me.  

Nice report Clint.If I lived as close I would be there too....screw the winter!
My next "possible" venture for Steel is the Holidays out in Ohio.But that depends if the winter screws me .