I found out I didn’t have Friday morning to fish this week, and I needed to get outside for a while, so I let it warm up a bit and then took a drive and a walk. I had a full work afternoon, so this would be a 90-minute excursion in high sun at 10 AM, and my expectations were appropriately low. I was secretly wishing that midges or early olives would be active, but I kept that mostly to myself—especially the olives thing! There were midges, but I saw no steady risers, counting only two dimples in likely spots in the time I was there. It was lovely out, so dudes were already there or assembling as I left, but I did get some elbow room. I was actually able to fish two or three holes I really wanted to check out without anyone in sight, but that is not to say I was the first one to visit today based on the boot prints. I caught 2.5 fish on a jigged bugger in a couple deep runs near cover. It was really just an excuse to get outside in the short window my day/week afforded, so the pretty little fishes were a bonus. No rain, so I will be “stones” deep in a bigger creek this weekend if all goes to plan. Ankle deep at least if plans change ;)
2.5 trout..........lovin that!
ReplyDeleteGotta get down to the Cumberland Mine.
That's where I mainly spend my time.
Make good money, five dollars a day.
Made anymore, I might move away. G.D.
RR
Nice one! You know, it is easy to quantify fish encounters by percentages when it's slow. On a thirty fish landed type of day, it might require a pitch counter to see how many you touch with a hookset ;)
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