poiboy
02-21-2011, 09:50 PM
After a great day fishing last weekend on the Weeb, I had to go back for more no matter what the weather was doing. I got dumped on with snow for a good 1 1/2 hours, by the time I called it a day my clothes were wet to my base layer. Aside from all the snow, the river was perfect...a little off color, perfect flow and height to the water
Since fishing only the deep holes paid off for me the last time, I stuck to that game plan and quickly got into a couple of nice fish. A hard fighting (for it's size) 13" brown took the tan scud first, followed by a 15 incher.
41856
41857
A little ways upriver, a wine colored size 20 zebra midge fooled a whitefish.
41858
The bite slowed down for a while and changing flies were in order to see what would hook up a few more. I tied a gold tinsel bodied nymph (I don't know what this pattern would be called) to the end of my tippet and got into another 15" brown.
41859
My trophy of the day would be the last brown, a 17 incher that took that same gold fly. What is it about that fly that would get the fish to bite, I have no idea, I actually doubted the fly even before I tied it on. But, hey, it worked.
41860
Although the day was great, I left the river puzzled over the 2 other trout I lost. I've fished for 30 years and I've lost my share of fish to breaking lines. However, I have NEVER lost fish due to my knot coming undone and on this day it did. Has others here noticed if the colder water temps, make monofilament line more slippery or something? I corrected the problem by leaving longer than usual tag ends, but I still want to know as to "why" the knots unraveled.
Tight lines everyone.
Since fishing only the deep holes paid off for me the last time, I stuck to that game plan and quickly got into a couple of nice fish. A hard fighting (for it's size) 13" brown took the tan scud first, followed by a 15 incher.
41856
41857
A little ways upriver, a wine colored size 20 zebra midge fooled a whitefish.
41858
The bite slowed down for a while and changing flies were in order to see what would hook up a few more. I tied a gold tinsel bodied nymph (I don't know what this pattern would be called) to the end of my tippet and got into another 15" brown.
41859
My trophy of the day would be the last brown, a 17 incher that took that same gold fly. What is it about that fly that would get the fish to bite, I have no idea, I actually doubted the fly even before I tied it on. But, hey, it worked.
41860
Although the day was great, I left the river puzzled over the 2 other trout I lost. I've fished for 30 years and I've lost my share of fish to breaking lines. However, I have NEVER lost fish due to my knot coming undone and on this day it did. Has others here noticed if the colder water temps, make monofilament line more slippery or something? I corrected the problem by leaving longer than usual tag ends, but I still want to know as to "why" the knots unraveled.
Tight lines everyone.