Its 5:30 am here in the Valley, me and friend are headed out…
I had just gone to sleep when you posted you get up way to early, hope your fishing went well
Eric
Tim -
I’ve been waiting all day ( it is now a little after 5:00 p.m. your time ) to find out how it went. Really looking forward to some more pics of the mountains in your backyard and maybe even a report of another “triple hitter.”
John
We don’t have pics available yet , maybe tomorrow… I just got home, long day in the mountains and what a day we had… It was supposed to rain and storm this evening and it did pour rain for about 20 min. no lighting… The fishing was very good, we caught Brookies all day… nothing over 11’ but fighters just the same…
Oh yeah, I left my little buddy Brian up there with no cell phone service and very far up in the mountains on a 4 wheel drive access only trout stream…
Why? Well you take a guy under your wing, teach him all the basics, give him all the stuff he needs to start out,( including my own self tyed flies) get a couple producing fishing trips under his belt, take him fishing again and he out fishe’s ya 4 to 1 ? I told him nah, that ain’t right, thats against the rules, so I had to leave him up there, I felt like it was the right thing to do under the circumstances…lol
No I didn’t really… but it was tempting I told him, he had a great day on the water and I was very glad he did, I found myself watching him to see what he was doing right…
It was a great day… First look at the water…
On the water…
A couple fish shots…
My little buddys casting, with his new Orvis rod and reel he got at Mossy Creek fly Shop …
I must say I think he’s doing very well and he really enjoys fly fishing…
Th whole day was wonderful up in them hills, good cool temps, good fish action all on drys…
Hope you folks enjoyed the pics…
Thanks Grubb, it was worth the wait lol. GREAT PICS Looks like you guys had a great day on the stream.
Grubb, way to go! Awesome pix, location, and dry fly fishing. It doesn’t get any better
John
I sure did Grubb, thank you very much.
Cheers,
MontanaMoose
Tim -
Good to get a fix - I haven’t been out for over a week. Sure is pretty country and great water you got to work with.
Might get to out on Rock Creek this afternoon. Wish me luck. May be some salmonflies around ??
John
Grubbster,
I woulda left him up there, no two ways about it. No matches either!
When I saw the first pics I thought it was a very, very small stream, the I saw your little buddy in that pool and the size of the rocks. Very nice little stream. Love fishing them when they’re that size.
Looks like your little buddy throws a nice loop too. You teach him?
REE
Grubb, Thanks for taking me along. That’s sure some pretty water and landscape you were at. Great report. Jim
REE yep I did, thats more of it, I think he cast better than me too…lol He really wanted to learn so he was very focused on everything I said, he was an easy student. I had got a little worn down so I sat on the bank a bit resting and was watching him cast and thought to myself, I wonder if he knows how nice his casting looks, so I took a couple of pics “b-4” I said anything to him, cause then I figured he would think about it and then I might not get the pics. sure enough as soon as I said “Hey Brian your casting is really right on time, it looks very good” It wasn’t as pretty for a bit…lol But he soon got back into the rhythm of it…
Glad you all are enjoying the pics, it had rained and the sun was breaking threw, so it added a nice natural effect…
Tim,
Great pics & I’m elated to read that he got an outfit at Mossy Creek Outfitters. Those guys are fantastic & deserve the support! If you recall, the first year I went, they did a special order for me, had it in 2 days, & wouldn’t let me pay for it in advance. That’s great service for an out of Stater they never met!
Mike
Grubb,
Great report and beautiful pics. Awesome looking water you have in VA. Thanks for the report.
Beaver
Nice loop!
Its 5:36am Sunday fathers day and I’m taking myself fishing…
I’m going here…
No camera being taken today,
You folks have a great Fathers Day…
Tim
Back early…
lol Water was very high and way off color from all the down pours from yesterday and last night, we really need to get alot of rain for the mountain streams not to have run off back to clear water within a few hrs after rain… I got skunked, well ok, I did catch 4 or 5 minnows… It still was nice, “and” I still have my waders and boots on, maybe some water I pass over sometime today will have cleared up enough for me to try again…