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Monday, October 08, 2007
Ridge Holds Strong
The ridge of high pressure that has been in place over the eastern US is supposed to weaken a bit as a front makes it through the area. Unfortunately it appears that the chance of widespread rain is not all that great tomorrow and the rest of the forecast period continues dry. Furthermore, the extended outlook from the Climate Prediction Center continues to indicate above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation for the area leaving us wondering how much longer this abominable weather pattern will continue. I for one am going so far as to consider cancelling my annual fall sojourn in the mountains. The water temperatures are cool enough that I'm not so worried about killing the fish but somehow, it just seems too easy with the streams so low or maybe it is more like cheating. Thankfully there are still tailwaters and if I don't head for the mountains over fall break, I'll probably try to at least get a few hours on some tailwater full of large fish...perhaps the SoHo or Caney....
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Well, don't give up hope...some areas got some decent amounts, and it looks like the pattern might shift a little next week - possibility of a couple of fronts moving through. As for the long term - it looks like a La Nina event, which does mean reduced rainfall for the Southeast in general. However, I did see that the prediction called for above-average precipitation for the Tennessee Valley, so perhaps the Smokies might get in on some of that.
ReplyDeleteAs for the fishing being too easy - I would think it would be the opposite - the fish would be very skitterish. I plan on using 7x, and maybe even 8x, on our trip next week.
Ijsouth, you are correct that the fish are very skittish. If you can cast 30-40 feet and put your cast exactly where you want it, you will catch plenty of fish. It is easy because they are so concentrated, making it obvious where they should be holding. I love fishing low water because it makes catching seem easy but it is so low now, I just feel bad. Probably won't hurt the fish though so I'll hopefully be up there sometime soon...
ReplyDeleteI would like to catch someone, but where I live, there are seatrouts, salmons and brown trout. And some rainbow too.
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