I was our saturday on the best section of my local river from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm. I had one hit, and lost that to a failed knot. (Note to self, TRIPLE-check knots). Visibility was about 18" maybe less.
I threw buggers, craws, dragonfly nymphs, EHCs, Hoppers, Hopper and Dropper, and even put a beetle-spin spinner in front of a couple. That’s how I got the hit.
Anyone want to come to Ohio and give me some lessons? Man that was a frustrating day.
Oh, I guess I did have another hit, from a chub too small to take in a #18 EHK.
Fishlux,
At least you got a bite, went to a stream yesterday to try some beaver ponds, the fires over the last three years set up the senerio for washed out beaver ponds. The only two left are bypassed as the stream has cut a channel around them. No fish seen, and this was a promising Colo.cutthroat stream.
I may be a cold water fisherman, but I lurk here, especially for Rick’s quotes.
Moved on to another stream I haven’t been to in 15 years. After I remembered how to get there, found the same thing, but did see some brookies still in it, and found something that liked a tire. Yep, a flat, but I carry two spares in this country for good reason. No bites yet this year anywhere I go!
Wyo-blizzard
[This message has been edited by Byron Zuehlsdorff (edited 06 June 2005).]
fishlux, was the river running high because of rain? I hit the Olentangy about a month ago after all that rain, and the best approach for me with the turbid water was to just walk the shoreline slowly upstream, with my rod extended over the water and about ten feet of line out, pulling and letting my bead head woolly bugger drop back occasionally to vary depth. I got a bunch of (small) smallies hugging the shoreline. Of course, if the clarity is good enough, you’ll spook them, but I’ve found on higher water, they’ll stick near shore.
Actually, it’s normal (very low relative to the last couple soggy years) for the season. I went out yesterday and flung flies for an hour, had a couple hits. Switched to spinning gear and had similar results. So maybe it’s not me and maybe it’s not the fly gear. Maybe, just maybe, the fish were just off. I am certain enough of my own abilities to assume I am the problem first.
BTW, all hits came from rockbass in kettles. You know a small deep hole in an otherwise shallow area.
Lux