Jean and I fished it... didn't get skunked...
It was peaceful and relaxing but not productive.. haha. We each manged to coax 3 fish for a total of 6. However, two of mine were fall-fish and could not have been more than 7 inches long, but about as thick as my fly rod... the other was a smallie, that was probably big enough to be a good snack for one of the fall-fish i caught.
No real action, i figure the cold-front moving thru moved the fish to deeper structure, or maybe i was just not throwing the right meals... either way, nothing really happening.
I hope to get there again this weekend... and I will update this thread.
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Hookup
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A few close calls early on for me.. then I stepped in some metal stuff way out at the end of the rapids and "almost fell". I was quite deep so and wasnt able to bend over and get the damn thing out of the water... as it felt like metal, i didn't want to try to hook-it with my leg and pull it up.. for fear of ripping a hole in my waders...Rybren wrote:The big question that everyone wants answered is......
Who got wet?
So... other than some rain, no accidents.. this time.
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gerrymackenzie
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I've personally had very little luck at Long Island (either above of below the locks). Caught a few pan fish but otherwise nada.
Probably the person rather than the lack of fish.
Myself and my son were there a few weeks ago and this guy comes along with an underwater camera. He shows my son the huge number of small fish under the dock...but when I jokingly asked where the big ones were he said he hadn't seen any big ones for several weeks.
Gerry
Probably the person rather than the lack of fish.
Myself and my son were there a few weeks ago and this guy comes along with an underwater camera. He shows my son the huge number of small fish under the dock...but when I jokingly asked where the big ones were he said he hadn't seen any big ones for several weeks.
Gerry
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It was a good late afternoon of fishing after work. As Tim mentioned, no biggies for either of us- out of my 3, the largest was maybe a 1.0lb sm. the other 2 were in the .5lb range...but fun to catch.
Copper John's in size 14 with a jerking retrieve were working for me, but nothing on either my WB's or Chili Peppers. Darn- I'm not a fan of tying Copper John's, but I guess I'll need a few more in the fly box.
Copper John's in size 14 with a jerking retrieve were working for me, but nothing on either my WB's or Chili Peppers. Darn- I'm not a fan of tying Copper John's, but I guess I'll need a few more in the fly box.
