As stated in the title of this post, little fish can be a motivating factor to keep casting even on slow fishing days. That was the case yesterday, when I made my first trip of the year to Walker Lake. Water temp was a cool 60 degrees and no wind and overcast skies, which is near perfect conditions for fly fishing: but it was not to be. I am glad I was fishing with 7 1/2 ft. 2 wt. becasue even these little guys seem big on the 2wt. I landed bunches of these little gills during my 3 hour trip, which was fun and great practice to land the big bulls I will encourter in the next 3 weeks.
The Caddis fly that I had tied a few weeks back was the main fly the little gills would inhaled, which please me becasue now I know some of the flies I have tied have value. The water was super clear and the least movemnet of the boat would spook the fish, so I changed my tippet size to an 6X --2lb test to get a lighter presentation of the caddis. This was my first time to use a tippet this light: I was impressed
After tying the flies last week I decided to apply some Stay Dry floatant on the few I was going to fish with. I was amazed at thow well it worked. I was able to fish the last couple of hours without appling anymore. The has to be the best floatant I have ever used!
It was Spring Break this week for our grandchildren and Cathey and I were glad we got to spend the weekend with our Daughter and her two girls. Our two grandsons were on deep sea fishing trip with their Dad and Grandpaw. Our youngest grandchild, Little Hallie got to land her first fish, using redworms, she was really excited!!
