I finally got to try out Salt Lick Creek today for trout. They stock it at the bridge on Galen Road twice each spring, I wanted to find out if the trout survived the summer water temperatures. I am not willing to give up yet, but I didn't even see a trout, much less catch one.
I started downstream and apparently all the fish went upstream. So, I went downstream maybe a 1/4 mile and then did and about face. When I got back upstream to the bridge I changed flies to a fly of my own creation. I call it a yarn fly. Its very simple, or I couldn't tie it. I tie on a maribou tail, then a body of yarn wrapped around the hook and tie it off. I had never tried them before, and fished it like a streamer. I have them tied a yellow, black and green fly like this. I was using the yellow one today.
On the very first cast I caught a fish. I then caught 3 more very quickly. Local slang calls these fish chugs, meaning they are bigger than a minnow, but smaller than a fish. I finally quit because it was getting dark, though mostly I quit because instead of hungNtree, I became hungONbridge and lost my yellow yarn fly.
Below is a couple of shots of the creek, the chug on my yellow yarn fly, and a shot of a bunch of geese that flew overhead.
hNt
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Salt Lick Creek
I tie on a maribou tail, then a body of yarn wrapped around the hook and tie it off. I had never tried them before, and fished it like a streamer. I have them tied a yellow, black and green fly like this. I was using the yellow one today.
I finally quit because it was getting dark, though mostly I quit because instead of hungNtree, I became hungONbridge and lost my yellow yarn fly.
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