Weather: 91
degrees, humid
Stream:
Clear
Hatch: Tiny
BWO’s
Beer: The
Dancing Man
Today, I made an early pit stop at
the Kinni Creek Fly Shop in River Falls to pick up some strike indicators, terrestrial
and nymph patterns. The owner sure makes herself out to be a lot nicer over her
website than in person. She had a nice selection of flies though. 
I’ve never had decent strike
indicators ever so I gave it a whirl today and the trout started biting. I used
a pheasant tail with a tungsten head to maximum effectiveness. I did so well I
couldn’t believe I had been neglecting this tactic for so long. The long runs
of medium depth held the most trout; they were slightly smaller but gave a good
fight. Snags were a major annoyance. I lost three great bead head nymphs and I
had nothing left in my fly box at the end of the night. I can live with that;
last year this time I wanted to snap my rod in half.
I loved nymphing; I could hit some
different water and hook fish when they weren’t rising. Although, every time I situated
at a nice spot kayakers passed and swirled the water spooking the trout. I
forgot to bring a pen to mark trout but I think I hooked around 12 and kept two
for a Balsam Lake smoke out. Also, a cute girl gave some positive feedback
about my camouflage pants I always wear which gave me a good laugh. They were
the cheapest ones and a man just needs to wear camo pants in Wisconsin.
Anyways, what the hell is Summit
Brewing doing these days? They pulled their vaunted Summer Ale off the shelves
to replace it with Oktoberfest more than a month and half before that is
supposed to arrive on shelves. Their Summer Ale sucked big time but shelf life
is what the brewery is going for these days. They canceled their summer Hefe
because they couldn’t ensure quality. But that’s stupid, who cares about
ensuring quality in Florida, stick to your home market like New Glarus does.
The Minnesota beer market is wide open for some real innovators, who will it
be?
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