Weather: 85
degrees
Stream:
Beautiful
Hatch: Tiny
mayflies
Beer: The Dancing Man
The last few weeks have been busy trying to get ahead on homework and heading to the Boundary Waters. The night before my early morning flight to Virginia, I had to get out on the river since I wouldn’t be here for a while. Another slow night, I hooked a few small ones on nymphs in my sweet spots. Other than that, it was slow for most of the evening.
In my best spot I was nymphing a
long run with little luck. I couldn’t even get a bit. However, downstream maybe
twenty yards I heard rises with some consistency. For the past month there have
been some tiny mayflies buzzing around, probably about a size 24. So small, you
can’t see it drift and have to set the hook on feel and timing a trout’s bite.
I switched to a beetle terrestrial to see what I could do. I worked my way down
the stream and cast under a nice run with an overhanging branch. As the beetle
drifted, I saw a flash of gold materialize out of the depth, rise slightly to
investigate the beetle, angle upward and strike with a splash. It was a nice 14
inch beauty but didn’t even fight that well.
Construction update:
progress is continuing and it looks like they are laying the structures to span
the bridge foundations on both sides. It's been a blessing in disguise because
I always have the river to myself which is unknown on the Kinnie. Also, everyone
in Pierce County is going to vote Republican because they want to cut big
government but they were only too eager for the feds to foot 70% of the bill
for this tiny bridge.
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