Post by gui on Oct 8, 2021 9:59:48 GMT -6
I was waiting for a good timing to take a day off from work and go on a day trip and it materialized yesterday. It's been a while since I've posted pictures, or even a report on the board, mostly because of lack of time.
So I'll try to make a short one here.
I had an awesome day with a great mix of browns, stocker bows, wild bows, big holdover bows and countless chubs.
A big brown would have absolutely made this trip one for the books. I'm still on this quest. But that's also what makes me come back and brings that delightful thrill of anticipation to every big bite.
I started at the lower spillway at about 9:30 AM and made my way up throughout the day to about just above Cardiac Hill. Beautiful sunny day.
Water temperature was about 63-64 F at the pool off the parking lot trail. There were people hiking and a few anglers here and there, but most of the time I was fishing alone.
I fished with my go-to euro-setup, soft hackle PT jig and thread Frenchie dropper. Fishing the slacks and deeper holes would almost always yield a chub.
Not even a chance to get a drift in places, with these guys jumping on the flies as soon as they sunk.
But fishing faster water was a way to go pass them and produced a mix of little browns, stockers and a few wild silver bullets.
The big bite came right after my lunch break. It caught me by surprise because I did not expect to find such a big fish in this spot. That fish was really strong and took me for a ride downstream.
Perhaps the flash of red, in a way, made me more relaxed and less febrile in my attempt to land this fish. And so I did.
With beautiful colors and condition, this is one of my top big LMF bow to date. A fish that I was honored to catch, and made sure that her gills never went out of the water to increase her chances to swim off strong, which she did.
Not so long after, another big girl took off and pulled some drag. This one was sitting at the tail end of a pool.
Not nearly as big and clean looking, but still, a great bow with that red band and cheeks.
Things then slowed down a little from 2 to 4 PM. The sun went on the other side of the trees and perhaps made it harder for me to read the water. Still, a few bows, some greedy chubs and I think one little brown kept the fun going.
I tried to switch to a dry-dropper rig since I was fishing an area where it usually works well, but didn't stick with it very much.
Ideally I think I should have swapped my euro leader to a different one with a thicker mono section for better casting, with the wind picking up some. So no dry eat on this trip.
In the last hour before heading back, I got more consistent bites.
These last two LMF browns with great motors were a nice treat to end up an awesome day on the LMFR.
Can't wait to come back!
Cheers all,
Gui
So I'll try to make a short one here.
I had an awesome day with a great mix of browns, stocker bows, wild bows, big holdover bows and countless chubs.
A big brown would have absolutely made this trip one for the books. I'm still on this quest. But that's also what makes me come back and brings that delightful thrill of anticipation to every big bite.
I started at the lower spillway at about 9:30 AM and made my way up throughout the day to about just above Cardiac Hill. Beautiful sunny day.
Water temperature was about 63-64 F at the pool off the parking lot trail. There were people hiking and a few anglers here and there, but most of the time I was fishing alone.
I fished with my go-to euro-setup, soft hackle PT jig and thread Frenchie dropper. Fishing the slacks and deeper holes would almost always yield a chub.
Not even a chance to get a drift in places, with these guys jumping on the flies as soon as they sunk.
But fishing faster water was a way to go pass them and produced a mix of little browns, stockers and a few wild silver bullets.
The big bite came right after my lunch break. It caught me by surprise because I did not expect to find such a big fish in this spot. That fish was really strong and took me for a ride downstream.
Perhaps the flash of red, in a way, made me more relaxed and less febrile in my attempt to land this fish. And so I did.
With beautiful colors and condition, this is one of my top big LMF bow to date. A fish that I was honored to catch, and made sure that her gills never went out of the water to increase her chances to swim off strong, which she did.
Not so long after, another big girl took off and pulled some drag. This one was sitting at the tail end of a pool.
Not nearly as big and clean looking, but still, a great bow with that red band and cheeks.
Things then slowed down a little from 2 to 4 PM. The sun went on the other side of the trees and perhaps made it harder for me to read the water. Still, a few bows, some greedy chubs and I think one little brown kept the fun going.
I tried to switch to a dry-dropper rig since I was fishing an area where it usually works well, but didn't stick with it very much.
Ideally I think I should have swapped my euro leader to a different one with a thicker mono section for better casting, with the wind picking up some. So no dry eat on this trip.
In the last hour before heading back, I got more consistent bites.
These last two LMF browns with great motors were a nice treat to end up an awesome day on the LMFR.
Can't wait to come back!
Cheers all,
Gui
