The weekend lockdown, while frustrating in the short term, is a real blessing as we need as much moisture as possible looking towards the summer months. Before the big snowstorm, the creek was waking up with good midge hatches. I even noticed some BWOs in the air at one point although not many. The fish were all sitting out in the open, obviously hungry after months of ice on the creek. The fish were on the feed for sure!
While the stream was obviously begging me to fish a tiny dry/dropper rig, I willfully ignored that in favor of a small streamer. These days I often find myself preferring the streamer over anything else. Maybe on my next trip I'll bust out the 3 weight along with some small dry flies and midge droppers.
Several fish gave chase to the streamer, but overall things were slow. Finally, one little brown rewarded my persistence. Not a bad mid-week outing on the stream!!!
David
ReplyDeleteNice looking brown, what size streamer were you using? That looks like some tight casting, were you dead drifting the streamer? thanks for sharing
Bill, I believe it was a #10. I was both dead drifting and bouncing it around as well. In a couple of the larger pools (few and far between) I was able to work it pretty fast. Most of the interest was on a slower presentation.
DeleteI'll be up there as soon as the temperatures are above 50. Save some for me David.
ReplyDeleteHoward, hope to see you up on the creek sometime soon!
DeleteAwesome photos David. That stream is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteBen
Thanks Ben! It is a real gem for sure!
DeletePretty snazzy little stream. That's an old guy term.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great word and hope you won't mind if a young guys borrows it sometime!
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