Sunday, October 02, 2011

I believe it's fall.

I am not one of those folks who believes seasons follow the calendar. It has been a particularly hot summer in my opinion.I have gotten use to it. Well this weekend it turned cool. Down into the 50's deg. F. That's a major change to me. I wanted to fish the tail-waters and knew that 'sulfurs' were slowing down. With that knowledge BWO's should be taking a bigger role. When I got to the river I felt really good to be right. Looked around as I put my waders on for the first time since the spring. There was nobody else fishing. I smiled to myself. It's always cool to be the tough 'old bull' willing to take the challenge. The wind was gusting around 20 miles per hour. That made a 15ft leader and a dry an interesting proposition. Just to make it more intense I decided to use a 11ft switch rod. As a friend use to say ' If you're going to be a rabbit then be the Daddy Rabbit'.

The fish ate when I could get the fly placed right into the wind. Here's some examples.






I caught a lot of fish. Caught a few brown natives (leaves). Also had a few wind kited casts that went wild. But I would not have changed a thing about the afternoon.

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