I just had to do one more on Depuy's. Daryl said not many rods today, and that was right. I had the whole re-entry pool to myself from 9:30-3:30. Fish rising the whole time, like yesterday. 7X will pull some hooks! And break. I fished it all day though, with few problems. Creek game.
The highlight of the day though was the discovery of a fly I had in my box that I hadn't ever tried. I thought I got them at Anderson's last fall. I only had two, but never lost the one I fished, and caught a bunch of fish on it. Durable as hell, and it ain't done yet. (first indication of a Harrop fly.) When I was leaving Livingston, I stopped in to see if I could find more, since they looked like a bitch to tie in a #20 and down. I had a hunch it was going to hurt. Sure enough, it was a $3.95 Harrop fly! Anderson's had a whole shit load of 'em.
Since I had fish turning around, moving from their lane, looking it over, and then eating this CDC midge emerger, dropping 50 bucks on some bugs wasn't even a question. This was not the transitional midge I usually fish, but looks more like a mayfly nymph. It floats great, is visible in a size 20, and I'm guessing was taken for a baetis emerger. Or maybe just a midge like Harrop suggests, since the baetis weren't that heavy. Whatever they thought it was, they loved it! Shoulda tried it on those fish I couldn't catch over at Armstrong's a couple days ago. I have over a dozen now, armed for a return. (I forgot to look in the reel case to see if they had one more of those Ross Colorado LT reels I am liking so much.)
Oh, fishing was damn good in that run today. I had eats regularly for 6 hours. Besides that midge emerger, or whatever it is, they ate the #24 Griffith's early, and the same flies I used yesterday here and there. But that emerger . . . it was a game changer. Old dog learns new trick.
 |
| All to Myself |
 |
| Rising pretty much everywhere, all day. |
 |
| Can you see it? #24 |
 |
| This is the magic one. I used a #20. Smaller would be deadlier. |
And now I'm off to dirtier waters. Hopefully not too dirty.
No comments:
Post a Comment