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| Had to work for them, but I did bring 6 to the net. |
I was up at 4:30 AM and couldn’t get back to sleep, so I finally just got out of bed, suited up, and took a short drive to the Wissy on this cold Sunday morning. After a bit of rain yesterday, it got breezy and chilly overnight. It was not below freezing when I arrived, but it was only 36 degrees at 6:30 AM. Besides one or two risers, it was quiet for the first 45 minutes, but the last hour before I quit on a high note definitely had its moments. Fish were picky, but I did manage 4 rainbows on a size 18 prince nymph dropped under a size 16 caddis larvae. Two browns, including the fish with one eye pictured below took the caddis, for an even half-dozen in a couple hours of fishing.
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| One-eyed brownie. |
The eye was healed shut, so this was a genetic mutation
or an injury in the hatchery, not foul play or angler malfeasance. He swam away fine to fight again. Despite being cold, it was still a nice
morning. I saw some deer crossing the
creek, and a barred owl was actively hooting somewhere high in trees. It was tough going to land 6 fish in 2 hours
but, then again, I was only 3 minutes from my house. I was home having coffee at 9:30 AM, which is
nice.
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