FISH CATCHING TRAVEL

“SAVE OUR WATERS”

*******************

It does not get any better than this!

Silence.  Except for the occasional car it was quiet, the kind of quiet if it has been awhile you forget how nice it is.  Every rustle of the tree and grass, birds, far off sounds in the woods, it was great.  And basically there is nobody here, South Fork is dead as a mackeral, and it does not get any better than that for a visiting fisherman.

The Wade Right Fishing Belt

Brought to you by

The Best Wading System on the  planet.

********************

My first brown trout on a fly and I did it all by myself like a big boy!

******************

The new Knockin Tail Lures are coming soon.  Now I am really excited.

************************

When I headed to the river the sun was out and it was 32 degrees.  There are 4 or 5 public access spots along the South Fork River on the way to Creede.  I have been by there several times and always wanted to fish them so this was it, and the weather could not have been any better.  In fact, I wore my insulated waders, tomorrow it will be the Simms.  The water is not that deep and combined with the air temp don’t need the heavy waders.  Hard to describe how nice it was today.

Now remember that I am no fly fisherman, not even close, but the whole idea was to see it I could actually catch a fish by myself.  I got lucky and picked the right access.  So I waded in and with my superior skill, or lack thereof, I managed to miss the first several.  The fly shop put me on a couple of flies that looked like a hopper/bug/ something or other, and I had one try to jerk the rod out of my hands and I missed him.  Then I managed to catch a bush behind me and lost it.  And later managed to lose the other one.  The learning curve on this fly fishing thing is big, Hell, I can barely see the 5X tippet to tie it.

The Rooster Tail did some damage.

Then I had a couple of midges so I rigged 2 of them with an indicator and finally landed the first brown above.  Mission accomplished.  Of course then I snagged them up and lost them, so no I have no more flies, big rookie mistake.  But as a back up I had the light action spinning rod in the truck with some Rooster Tails, my old go to bait on the White River.  The fish were in a deep run and with a perfect cast one would jump it.  But after catching a couple and missing a couple it was time for a move.

I headed to the next 2 accesses just to see what it available for tomorrow and not a bite.  The river is low and they just were not on the shallow stuff, but I wanted to be sure that there was not another place, I did not find one.  It was funny how they just were not in shallower water where normally I would catch them on the White River.  But this is a different deal.  So with the sun behind the mountain I called it a good day.

The road goes on forever and the party never ends!

So I give the day an A+.  I managed to catch a fish on a fly and withouut me losing my baits it would have been a few more.  The air temp topped out at 66 and the day could not be any more perfect.  The stage is set for what could be a good day tomorrow, I definitely know where I am not fishing tomorrow.  And a trip to the tackle store has taken care of the not enough baits thing.  (Rookie mistake.)  Now I know why the fly guys have a box full, and when you combine it with my inexperience, I may need them.  Can’t wait to get to Estes Park with the Boss.  Another day of fishing and some serious animal viewing.   So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.

Good Luck and Tight Lines