daveg
06-08-2008, 10:13 PM
Wife and I drove over to the D to get the new drift boat its second time in the water and hopefully catch some trout. Got on the river at 12:30 pm, sunny and pleasant. Big bugs all over the bushes in the air and skipping over the water. At one time we looked straight up and saw hundreds of stones and goldens in the air from about 10 feet off the water up to more than 100. It didn't seem the trour were keying in on them, almost no fish taking the salmon flies on the top. Stopped at the island at Mecca tied on a yellow stone nymph with a prince nymph bh trailer. About fifteen minutes of casting and then the indicator stopped. Strip strike and my reel is screaming, the fish jumps and does a complete flip, runs more line off, I can see my backing. Jumps again wallowing on the top. I was aable to pick up some line on him/her, another roll on top. This is a strong fish it takes off again about 50 feet, I was pulling the fish one way and then the other, had the indicator about five feet from the boat and the line went slack. The dropper broke off at the hook of the golden stone nymph.
I didn't have any 3x so I used 4X, I was kicking myself as I tell all new stonefly hatch fisher people nothing less than 3X. The golden stone nymph was tied to 10 pound tapered leader.
This fish was a huge fat pig, I guess 3.5 to 4 pounds, had a darker body like a redside, not silvery like steelhead. I had one about four years ago about the same size, that is when I switched to 3X or larger for stone fly hatch fishing.
About 2:00 the fish were hitting stones on top occasionally, I grabbed the other rod with a foam body golden stone, my favorite during the hatch. About 3 casts and my bug disappears, I have a redside on, but nothing to compare with the first one. Got it to the boat, measured it on the rod in the water, Judy wanted a picture so I drug the fish over to the boat, picked it up got the pic and about 5 seconds later the fish was in the water. I may figure out how to post the picture of the second fish that turned out to be just over 15" when I got home and measured the rod.
If tomorrow is warm it could be the day, as the day went on, trout were keying in on top water bugs occasionally.
My day was made, stopped a couple of times to fish, but took in the wildlife, 3 deer, ospreys, moma duck and 4 babies, redwing black birds.I am heading back next weekend with another couple to camp, hope the hatch holds up, or I will just have to use a vacation day on Wednesday.:thisbig:
I didn't have any 3x so I used 4X, I was kicking myself as I tell all new stonefly hatch fisher people nothing less than 3X. The golden stone nymph was tied to 10 pound tapered leader.
This fish was a huge fat pig, I guess 3.5 to 4 pounds, had a darker body like a redside, not silvery like steelhead. I had one about four years ago about the same size, that is when I switched to 3X or larger for stone fly hatch fishing.
About 2:00 the fish were hitting stones on top occasionally, I grabbed the other rod with a foam body golden stone, my favorite during the hatch. About 3 casts and my bug disappears, I have a redside on, but nothing to compare with the first one. Got it to the boat, measured it on the rod in the water, Judy wanted a picture so I drug the fish over to the boat, picked it up got the pic and about 5 seconds later the fish was in the water. I may figure out how to post the picture of the second fish that turned out to be just over 15" when I got home and measured the rod.
If tomorrow is warm it could be the day, as the day went on, trout were keying in on top water bugs occasionally.
My day was made, stopped a couple of times to fish, but took in the wildlife, 3 deer, ospreys, moma duck and 4 babies, redwing black birds.I am heading back next weekend with another couple to camp, hope the hatch holds up, or I will just have to use a vacation day on Wednesday.:thisbig: