The weather was nice yesterday so I headed out to the Weber River. Within 15 minutes I had my first brown. It was a little skinny but still a nice fish. It took a little grey scud imitation.
After another half hour and no bites I decided to try something different. I tied on a large rubber leg stonefly nymph pattern and a bead head San Juan Worm. Then I added a third dropper, a midge pupa imitation on some 5X fluorocarbon. I immediately caught a huge white fish in some deeper water. It took the stonefly.
I hooked another fish upstream a bit underneath some tree branches. I had it hooked for quite a while but when I tried to pull the fish a little further upstream to some shallow water the hook came out. I moved upstream to one of my favorite stretches and hooked another large white fish.
It sure felt good to be out on the stream again.
wow! i'm so glad you were able to go out finally! i hope the good weather keeps up :)
ReplyDeleteWas that your new rod? Looks good. Great fish. Hope you are able to keep getting out. I have to tell you I am very jealous.
ReplyDeleteYes, it was great being able to finally try out the rod I had just built and wrote about. I was pleasantly surprised at how light it is and how effortlessly it casts. It will be a great season!
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