Monday, February 27, 2012

sloppy casts, crappy flies, and a repeat of last weekend


On Sunday, I decided to hit the same stretch of water I hit last weekend because I had so much fun with rising fish. I headed up solo, and to be honest, it was pretty much identical to last weekend, only about 5 degrees cooler.

I opted for the sloppy-tied CDC n' Elk Caddis I posted on here the other night. I found fish rising in the same stretch, but due to increased fishing pressure and a lot more people wading, they were really hugging the opposite bank. With the current moving fast about 6 feet out of the bank, the only shot I had at the consistent sippers was a long really sloppy roll cast with a lot of extra line stripped out, to give the fly a few extra seconds near the risers. I had my first fish on in about 10 minutes after I got there, and proceeded to land 4 more, and lose about 5, including a monster brown that slammed my caddis so hard that he broke off my 8x tippet after only having him hook for about 5 seconds. Nick joined me for about 15 minutes before I headed out, but I won't say how he did. (If you read this blog often...you can probably guess)


7 comments:

  1. Sorry buddy, the name Windknots & Tangled Lines is already taken due to sloppy casting, crappy flies and repeated failures.

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    1. Maybe I'll change my blog name to "Shitty Flies and Sloppy Joes"

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  2. Fish in hand are always worth the price of admission...although I'm not sure how I feel about the 8x...

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    1. The fish in this run are extremely pressured, very educated, and a little sketchy. I can usually get away with 7x, but I ran out.

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  3. ot: good luck with kid. those places with infants are no fun at all. we dealt with pneumonia at like 18mo or so.

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    1. Thanks man. I'm happy to say, he's doing so much better. Having to let them take your kid into the operating room knowing they are gonna be putting him on a breathing machine for an hour is not something I ever want to go through again.

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    2. good. its alot of not fun. even if you know the entire shit show's not serious, its just a big ball of fuck that no one should have to endure.

      and i enjoyed the shit out of that rock today.

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