April is always a good time to visit a small stream. You can see how Mother Nature wrecked certain pools and improved others over the winter. And of course, you knock on some doors to see if anyone’s home.
Water was on the low side of medium, cool, and distilled spirits clear. Hatches: big Blue Quills, some smaller BWOs, and a few stray caddis and midges. I saw three fish rising to feed, which is rare for these conditions (mid-day, low water). I didn’t even try to catch them.
I have decided that one hour in the woods on a sunny spring day is an absolute good for the soul.
I cannot think of a jauntier, I-don’t-give-a-damn plant name than skunk cabbage.
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Pricked four, landed one. Two were small, and one got off when the leader tangled on a submerged branch. This handsome specimen sat still long enough for a portrait.
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Gorgeous little fish!
Love the colors!
That’s s nice trickle, our herein east where i live we have this trickle called the Tankerhousan been planning for years , until i retire in 2017 , then i will go.
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Bring your A game.
Steve – on another subject, when you are swinging wets either in pairs or teams of three, how do/when do you determine whether to a weight? Not certain if I asked this question before. Thanks for taking the time to share mother nature’s beauty.
Whether or not to add weight is a function of water depth, speed, and method. So if I’m swinging a team of three I almost never add weight. I might, in faster/deeper water, tie a tungsten bead head soft hackle on point to help goose things down. I can’t remember the last time I added weight to my leader to swing.
However, I will sometimes add weight to my three fly team for the short line deep presentation. You can read more about that here: https://currentseams.com/2014/12/28/wet-fly-101-take-the-ancient-and-traditional-path-to-subsurface-success/
Hope that helps,
Steve
Thank you Steve