Saturday, May 14, 2016

Quality Rainbow Landed On the Sipsey

I know all of us who fly fish have had days when you ask yourself, could it get any better than today? Well a couple of Wednesdays back I kept asking myself that very question. There was only one other fisherman in the gouge that day fishing in the 50 degree water with a gusting wind from the north at 10 to 15 mph. Lucky for me the wind was blowing with the current making a drift much easier. I had 2 ½ hours to complete my mission today and I wanted to make the most of the trip. So I made a beeline for one of my favorite holes that always seem to have a good rainbow. Little did I know that today those good rainbows would be some of the best trout that I’ve ever landed on the Sipsey. Numerous trout were taken today using the bead-head nymph.
Some weeks ago I landed a number of trout with damaged gill plates; this trout today had a red nick on its outer gill plate.

The videos below sums up the action for the afternoon; trout landed about every 10 to 15 minutes. I started the trip without my Contour Video camera, but the action was so good, I decided to walk by to the truck and get it. I lost a good 20 minutes of fishing time, but I made up for it after I got back to the gorge and started landing rainbow again.
 
Sorry the sound didn’t record for this video, don’t know why---I added some music that I thought might complement the action of this trout.
 
This video is a little long because it took me quite a while to land this rainbow. I was using a 6X tippet in the super clear water. This fish is one of the best I’ve ever landed on the Sipsey. One will land more trout here if they use a lighter tippet. I hope you guys enjoy it!


16 comments:

  1. Nice bend in the rod! Congrats on a great day. I had a similar day yesterday which I'm writing about... So much fun. You hate to leave the fish not caught on these kind of days... Haha.

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  2. Congrats on the great outing! Those are some very nice rainbows for sure.

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  3. I really enjoyed the videos Bill. Those look like some nice healthy trout. Any idea what the gill problem is?

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  4. Bill that first one is a real leaper....so full of energy.
    Well done buddy.

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  5. RD
    The action stopped when the horn sounded telling me the wall of water was coming my way. Thanks for the comment

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  6. RM
    Some the best I've taken there--thanks for the comment

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  7. Alan
    Don't you just love it when you tie into an active trout that is determined to win the battle. Thanks for the comment

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  8. Howard
    Glad you enjoyed the show--game and fish is in the process of checking on the gill plate problem. If I find out anything I will let you guys know. Thanks for the comment

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  9. That water is crazy clear. Looked beautiful.

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  10. That is one beautiful fish Bill and I really enjoyed the vids..

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  11. Kevin
    Beautiful water for sure; but with clear water comes more of a challenge, such as trout seeing you which dictates using extremely light tippet. I use a 6X most all the time, enabling me to land more trout as oppose to others who go with bigger tippets. Thanks for the comment

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  12. Pen
    Glad you enjoy the footage; I'm still learning the mechanics of the Contour. I'm going to try to do more filming in the coming months, so stay tuned. Thanks for the comment

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  13. I don't know if you've seen this or not Bill but guess who's back?
    http://melsfishintimes.blogspot.com/

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  14. Howard
    Glad to know Mel is back, he must have ESP, glad to know he is back----thanks for letting me know

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  15. Bravo, Bill, when a guy has been away from the blogging scene and needs to hit the re-start button, nothing better than watching your videos of some beautiful Rainbows on the Sipsey. I think I counted a half dozen leaps to try and throw your fly on that first one. Great work and thank you for adding me back to your BlogRoll.

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  16. Hi Mel
    So glad you are back on the blog circuit with all of us; that trout was certainly the most active I've landed on the Sipsey. Looking forward to future post from you. Thanks for the comment

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