After more blanks and (relatively speaking) dinks than I’d care to mention, finally a really good night. Hit four spots and found hungry fish in three of them. I had more bumps than I could count. Four fish to net, three in the upper teens, and the fourth just in at 20″.
This buck was hiding under a tree, waiting to ambush. Taken on the dead drift.
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A substantial hen that crushed the fly on the swing.
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Saving the best for last. She whacked the fly on the swing, then followed up, but no hook set. Two casts later, I started to strip at the end of the swing. Ker-POW! I had a little trouble fitting her in the net.



BRAVO!
Thanks, Mike. But the fish did all the work. š
Nice fish! What fly(s) did they take?
I got lazy and kept that foam-backed mouse (the Master Splinter) I published a few days ago on all night long.
now i can’t wait til tuesday and wednesday on the farmington for my once a year venture… the swift has been kind to me lately so it’s time for a change and get humble again…..