Blueracer
09-02-2013, 03:29 PM
As soon as I got the line wet it starts to pour down.
Then the first cast out to the seam, after a long swing just before the dangle I get a good grab. Cool a grab while it's pouring rain.
It felt like a solid fish while realing it in and then I saw it and it was.
I turned toward shore to turn the fish and the guy jumped about 4 feet straight up. It was silvery white.
As I pulled it closer just as I thought I was going to be able to land him it just did a small head shake and was off.
This is the fly it grabbed, dry and wet. Tied it on Saturday.
It's a variation of a classic. I tied the body specifically for fishing the American.
The hackle is from a long legged bird I found freshly killed along the side of I-5 this past summer. That's all I'll say about that.
I saw the cloud cover when I went to bed but didn't know if it would still be around in the morning.
I went back to sleep after the alarm went off and slept in.
After getting up and seeing the weather out I decided I'm still going out.
Hooked the fish around 9am. It's a good early September morning when you get to sleep in and still get a fish on the A.
Hopefully the weather today is a sign of the Fall to come.
It made me feel like I was in Michigan again.
Short sleeves, humidity, lot's of cloud cover and I was dumped on three good times with plenty of sprinkling off and on.
Then the first cast out to the seam, after a long swing just before the dangle I get a good grab. Cool a grab while it's pouring rain.
It felt like a solid fish while realing it in and then I saw it and it was.
I turned toward shore to turn the fish and the guy jumped about 4 feet straight up. It was silvery white.
As I pulled it closer just as I thought I was going to be able to land him it just did a small head shake and was off.
This is the fly it grabbed, dry and wet. Tied it on Saturday.
It's a variation of a classic. I tied the body specifically for fishing the American.
The hackle is from a long legged bird I found freshly killed along the side of I-5 this past summer. That's all I'll say about that.
I saw the cloud cover when I went to bed but didn't know if it would still be around in the morning.
I went back to sleep after the alarm went off and slept in.
After getting up and seeing the weather out I decided I'm still going out.
Hooked the fish around 9am. It's a good early September morning when you get to sleep in and still get a fish on the A.
Hopefully the weather today is a sign of the Fall to come.
It made me feel like I was in Michigan again.
Short sleeves, humidity, lot's of cloud cover and I was dumped on three good times with plenty of sprinkling off and on.