I got somewhat irritated with
the canoes, kayaks, and even an aluminum boat floating in all the areas that
everyone was trying to fish. I’ve never seen any watercraft during the
weekdays, I guess that tells me something???
I always get pumped when I
can get some action on the dries, so with the size 18 Gnat I gave the dries
their due, but to no avail. My first strange-looking wide-body trout of the
morning, in fact, I thought I had landed a small skipjack.
The real reason for this
Saturday morning trip was to fish some of the soft hackles Alan tied for me a
couple of weeks ago. I know I could have waited until the weekdays with less
traffic, but I was like a kid with a new toy I just had to play.
Even a Geezer can still be a kid at heart!!!
Another rainbow which couldn’t
resist the silver hackle; this morning the trout was taking the hackle a little
different as opposed to previous trips. No drift takes today, all the hits occurred
as I was working the soft hackle back across the feeding area. No indicator,
just a slow retrieve tight lining. Numerous rainbows landed today using the 3
weight.
One beat up fly pattern after a mornings work.
As I’ve said many times the Sipsey is pressured every day with lots of fly fishermen
especially on weekends; so when one finds a pattern that will produce they
better guard it. I found that pattern this morning in Alan’s soft hackle