Dry Flies, Rivers, Trout & Tarpon.: The Magnet

Jun 26, 2018

The Magnet

So during the endless rainy spell, they raised the Fork to over 1500. Now its super low at around 700. Water clearing. PMD's and a few Drakes int he morning. A dash of Brown Drakes one evening at Osborne. But fishing SUCKS. Aside from a straggler here and there, and not many of those, the fish are not up. Speculation abounds. Water too low. Water too cold. Too sunny. Too many people. etc. etc. It really hasn't been much good since the opener. I walked from town to the islands on the west side yesterday, and the same on the east bank today. I must be stupid or something. There's bugs after about 10-10:30 am, but the bigger fish don't seem to care. Two days of sunny, comfortable, and little wind.

However, just this evening, a glimmer of hope. One lone, thin cloud moved in over the bright sun in the early evening, and zillions of the tiny "micro" caddis along with some regular larger ones and a sprinkle of dead and dying pmd's brought some fish up. I fucked up all my eats, but I had nice fish to cast to and nice fish that occasionally ate a fly! Rumor has it the Brown Drakes were prominent at Wood Road tonight too. I was going to go to Millionaires, but got in the water at the log jam when the cloud blocked the sun, and never got out till sunset.

I was ready to leave, go fish the Madison in the park tomorrow, and check below Quake tomorrow evening as those flows slowly come down. Now what coach? Once again, the magnetic pull from the "star at the center of the universe" has its grip on me. And fishing today was absolutely horrible all morning and into the afternoon. I cast to one fish this morning, and had no chance as he moved feet up and down the flat, rising every minute or so. But tomorrow, maybe they'll be more in the mood? Stay closer to town, or fish the town stretch exclusively? Its midnight, I have about 8 hours to think about it. I probably ain't goin' to the park. Yet.