02-20-2008, 01:36 PM
[font "Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"][size 1]I decided to take a break from the hard deck and try a little icy fly fishing. It was the best choice i have made in a while.[
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I got to the weber about 2:30 and rigged my sons new christmas present fly rod([angelic]), a cute little youth 7' 6" 4/5 wt. I tied on a #14 hares ear and a #20 zebra midge. I also tied a small rapala on my spinning rod.
I threw the rap for about 10 minutes and decided to bag it and concentrate on the fly rod. I walked down river to one of my favorite holes and made about 40 casts without a hit. I know this hole is full of fish but couldn't figure this one out. I kept at it for another few minutes and somebody finally flipped the switch! Fish on for the next hour.[] I caught 7 whitefish and 1 brown out of that hole with 5 or 6 longline releases. I moved down river about 100 yards and couldn't see anything worth my time. I headed back up towards the truck and settled into my other favorite hole.
First cast i caught a very nice rainbow. Second cast i caught a 19" cutt. 3rd cast yielded another cutt! I caught fish after fish in this hole and had 3 fish straighten the hook on the zebra midge.[shocked]
I ended up catching 11 fish out of that hole. All but 1 were trout. 4 cutts, 1 bow, 1 whitefish, and 5 browns. The river is in beautiful condition and the fish are hungry. I must have missed 20 strikes and lost 10 fish in the second hole. I will be back up there again soon.[cool]
Here are the pics i got before my camera died. Not the best but i was alone and had no net.
LH2
martinstackleco.com Authorized dealer.
Your pike, musky, and walleye board moderator.
Big fish eat little fish that swim like Rapalas!
If it feels good do it...
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] I got to the weber about 2:30 and rigged my sons new christmas present fly rod([angelic]), a cute little youth 7' 6" 4/5 wt. I tied on a #14 hares ear and a #20 zebra midge. I also tied a small rapala on my spinning rod.
I threw the rap for about 10 minutes and decided to bag it and concentrate on the fly rod. I walked down river to one of my favorite holes and made about 40 casts without a hit. I know this hole is full of fish but couldn't figure this one out. I kept at it for another few minutes and somebody finally flipped the switch! Fish on for the next hour.[
] I caught 7 whitefish and 1 brown out of that hole with 5 or 6 longline releases. I moved down river about 100 yards and couldn't see anything worth my time. I headed back up towards the truck and settled into my other favorite hole. First cast i caught a very nice rainbow. Second cast i caught a 19" cutt. 3rd cast yielded another cutt! I caught fish after fish in this hole and had 3 fish straighten the hook on the zebra midge.[shocked]
I ended up catching 11 fish out of that hole. All but 1 were trout. 4 cutts, 1 bow, 1 whitefish, and 5 browns. The river is in beautiful condition and the fish are hungry. I must have missed 20 strikes and lost 10 fish in the second hole. I will be back up there again soon.[cool]
Here are the pics i got before my camera died. Not the best but i was alone and had no net.
LH2
martinstackleco.com Authorized dealer.
Your pike, musky, and walleye board moderator.
Big fish eat little fish that swim like Rapalas!
If it feels good do it...
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