This
time of year when one fishes the Sipsey they can expect high humidity
which will produce heavy fog over its cool waters. I'll admit it
adds beauty to the place but it also hinders one's ability to see a
dry fly take. Sound most of the time is what you rely on to detect the
hit. Fortunately, I was spared the blind dry fly take this morning
because there were no rises in the area I was fishing. All the trout
taken this morning would come from fishing a nymph.
This
beauty was landed hovering close to the bottom, in fact, I was
adjusting the depth of the indicator numerous times as I search for
trout to take my offering. Getting a good drift was somewhat hard to
achieve this morning because the release at the dam was slower than
usual which gave a slower drift. I've found when the release is slow
at the dam one needs to fish deeper for a take.
This
trout displayed plenty of fight as it went airborne a number of times
trying to throw the nymph. A trout tail walking along the water
surface is water ballet at its best.
The
two hours I had to fish this morning was very productive enabling me
to land numerous trout this size. I'm having to plan ahead for the
days I'm going to be fishing now because of the construction on the house has moved inside.
Notice
the boots of another fly fisherman in the picture, he was willing to
let me use his net to land this trout. Forgetting your net and
leaving it at the truck is not being very organized. I lost 20
minutes of good fishing walking back to the truck and back to the
tailrace to retrieve the net, hopefully, there's a lesson learned
here.
The
net came in handy right after I got back on the water helping me land
this colorful rainbow. It was good to take a break from the lake
fishing and get to land some really quality trout!!
