Well, I had the time today (first since I have been here) to go fishing. I had planned to try out Beaver Creek wildlife area and the big stream there. Nice area, although lots of brush and hard to get to the stream in a lot of spots… I saw a couple of others fishing up there but didn’t bother them. They were likely more prepared and doing much better than I. So here is the short story:
I spent 4 hours out fishing this morning….
of that 4 hours I actually fished maybe 1.5 hours
I also spent about 1 hour working with the new rod and line and pieces that I had not used before…
Fussing with knots and tangles, can’t see as good as I used to and that really fine tippit is hard to finger around and tie on hooks… I had two prepared but quickly saw that I had too much tippet to handle and wrong flies tied.
I did spend about 15 minutes with fish on line or good strikes and misses to set hook (new road and new method for me)…
I caught 2 and one almost… the almost was the biggest one and I had it hooked (I thought) was holding it up and fumbling with camera that I had put in a button down pocket – stupid move) and before I got the camera out… one good strong flop and the fish was off… It was no trophy… maybe a 8 or 9 inch brookie. The others were little brookies as well – 4 to 6 inch sizes…
I guess I need to spend more time with that rod and setup to get used to handling it in a brushy stream area… also could use some waders… my last set fell apart from non-use a few years ago…
So no pictures of the big trophies but still a good 4 hours of “ME” time out on the stream with no one else and no other issues to deal with other than brush, water, and not falling in a hole…
WD0AJG