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10-09-2020, 09:49 AM
This is my Red Lake Report dated 10/08/2020............sorry, I couldn't edit/change the Thread Title date. :o:o
Well I decided for one last hurrah for the year at Red yesterday. :rolleyes::rolleyes:
I've been playing the "car repair" game for the last few months so my weekly day trips have been rather limited. :mad::mad:
I blasted off @ 9:30 from home and arrived at Red around 10:30 ish.
Not many cars in the usual parking spots in Hope Valley on the way up and the river was barely a trickle.
There's some stream side construction going on in the upper section.........don't know what that's all about. :confused::confused:
Just above Hope Valley there were LOT'S and LOT'S of camera bugs out taking pictures of the fall colors.
At Red, the water level is down about 5-6 feet below the high water mark.
I wadered up and fished from shore around the avalanche cannon for a couple of hours without any strikes using midges under a 'cator...........that treated me well earlier in the season.
The water clarity was good with the exception of the stringy algae that fouled on my bugs 8 out of 10 casts.
Since nuthin' was doing at the south side of the dam, I decided to move to the north end of the dam to see if the "stringy stuff" was a little less there.
Well, it wasn't and I decided to keep on fishing anyways.
I changed my flies and methods ( balanced leeches, leeches, buggers) for an hour or so to no avail and decided to switch back to the 'cator and midges.
Right around 2:15 I had a strike that I missed. :mad::mad:
At 2:30 I had another strike, connected and landed a small ( about 12" ) LCT. :cool::cool:
Yippie-skippie..............the skunk was off. ;);)
Shortly after I landed my "de-skunk" fish, I had another strike near the surface while setting up for a roll cast.
Around 3:30 I had another strike and connected again. :cool::cool:
This was a much larger fish and it went somewhere between 18-20 inches.
I fished for another hour with no more strikes and packed it in @ 4:30.
The weather was overcast all day with the exception of about an hour just before I left.
The two fish I landed took a gold and black beadhead #12 midge just F.Y.I..
Next week, Martis is on the radar...........................................
For the ride home.............. a Payday candy bar, a bottle of Gatorade, and a few pieces of Beef Jerky. :cool::cool:
Dang Cutthroats........................................ .......
Bob
Well I decided for one last hurrah for the year at Red yesterday. :rolleyes::rolleyes:
I've been playing the "car repair" game for the last few months so my weekly day trips have been rather limited. :mad::mad:
I blasted off @ 9:30 from home and arrived at Red around 10:30 ish.
Not many cars in the usual parking spots in Hope Valley on the way up and the river was barely a trickle.
There's some stream side construction going on in the upper section.........don't know what that's all about. :confused::confused:
Just above Hope Valley there were LOT'S and LOT'S of camera bugs out taking pictures of the fall colors.
At Red, the water level is down about 5-6 feet below the high water mark.
I wadered up and fished from shore around the avalanche cannon for a couple of hours without any strikes using midges under a 'cator...........that treated me well earlier in the season.
The water clarity was good with the exception of the stringy algae that fouled on my bugs 8 out of 10 casts.
Since nuthin' was doing at the south side of the dam, I decided to move to the north end of the dam to see if the "stringy stuff" was a little less there.
Well, it wasn't and I decided to keep on fishing anyways.
I changed my flies and methods ( balanced leeches, leeches, buggers) for an hour or so to no avail and decided to switch back to the 'cator and midges.
Right around 2:15 I had a strike that I missed. :mad::mad:
At 2:30 I had another strike, connected and landed a small ( about 12" ) LCT. :cool::cool:
Yippie-skippie..............the skunk was off. ;);)
Shortly after I landed my "de-skunk" fish, I had another strike near the surface while setting up for a roll cast.
Around 3:30 I had another strike and connected again. :cool::cool:
This was a much larger fish and it went somewhere between 18-20 inches.
I fished for another hour with no more strikes and packed it in @ 4:30.
The weather was overcast all day with the exception of about an hour just before I left.
The two fish I landed took a gold and black beadhead #12 midge just F.Y.I..
Next week, Martis is on the radar...........................................
For the ride home.............. a Payday candy bar, a bottle of Gatorade, and a few pieces of Beef Jerky. :cool::cool:
Dang Cutthroats........................................ .......
Bob