Saturday, July 28, 2012

Ancestry Report + Trout Fishing the Bomber Dry Fly


Wednesday the 25th I left for Mississippi to work on our family’s Ancestry tree and got back last night. I am trying to finish up both sides of the tree before fall and then have the information published. Ancestry will proofread and published all the material you have in your tree for an extra charge, but for me, it is worth it. This has been an ongoing project of mine for the past two years. I decided not to research your typical tree diagram where you have endless names of your decedents. I wanted my children and their children to remember what their grandparents and great grandparents were like so I wrote backgrounds and profiles of all the decedents. In other words, I was only interested in the direct descendants of the Trussells and Daves families. To do this I had to talk to individuals who were older than me and get them to tell me what their grandparents were like. The libraries in the different small towns they all live close to had a lot of information telling what life was like back in the early 1800s which was extremely helpful. Former Governor J. P. Coleman researched and wrote a book telling what life was like in the late 1700s and 1800s. This has to be one of the most interesting things I have ever done. I am really glad I started this project because it has given me a chance to see what my decedents went through during that time and how they survived on just the land they lived on. O.K. I have bored you enough-----------------

Now for the trout fishing trip, I made on Tuesday the day before I left. I wanted to make a trip before I left because I knew I wouldn’t have another chance to fish until this next week. I was trying some of the Bomber flies I had Alan to tie for me at Small StreamReflections. I am so impressed with this pattern because of its ability to stay afloat so well and ride high on the surface and two how well it gets the attention of the trout. I arrived at the water’s edge around 7 AM and started casting these little flies a few feet upstream. The water surface still had fog but I could still see the bomber as it floated down a fairly fast run across from me. The very first cast produce a take but I missed the hookset because I wasn’t expecting to connect that fast. On the third cast I managed to set the hook on a nice rainbow. For the next couple of hours, I stayed with the bomber because it was my producing fly for the morning.
The third cast produced this beauty with the Bomber--I missed about as many as I landed. For some reason I was either too late on the set or the trout was missing the fly. I tend to think it was my late hook set.
I think the colors on this stocker trout are less vibrant as opposed to the colors on native trout. Don't get me wrong they are still amazing to view. Sorry for the poor image, I am still in the learning stages.
As I said this pattern has got to be one of the best I have ever fished here. During the week is the best time to fish this area because one has the water to themselves, and today it was just me and my Bomber pattern. Thanks, Alan for making this a great trip.

10 comments:

  1. I've all but given up on fishing weekends. On any given creek, come 10:00 am, the only thing in the water is the swimmers.

    Mark

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  2. Nice to see the trouts. These are amazing. I also like fishing, Carp fishing .The tools and instruments that we use are not that much modern but we relly enjoy fishing, Carp fishing in our village. We usually fishes in our pond, canal and river. However, In our holidays we do enjoy it very much. Thanks again for this nice post.

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  3. Mark
    I have pretty much gave up on fishing on weekends---tooooo many bodies. Thanks for the comment

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  4. Carp
    Carp is one species on my list to land with the fly rod. Thanks for sharing

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  5. I see the Bomber has done its magic.
    It truly is a great fly. I'm glad you like them.

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  6. I've pretty much given up on ever catching a carp. They just don't exist on beautiful, pristine mountain streams.

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  7. Alan
    I will be getting more Bombers soon, because these trout seem to love them. thanks for the comment

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  8. Howard
    I said I was going to try and land a carp this year but no luck. thanks for the comment

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  9. sometimes knowing where you have come from will help you determine where you are heading

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  10. Blake
    How true you are, really interesting facts I uncovered about my family, especially dealing with the Civil War. Thanks for the comment

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