bp
11-06-2006, 05:22 PM
With all the effort we have to expend to flyfish in NorCal, thought you guys would appreciate this and get a kick out of it.
Had the chance to take a detour on a business trip and fish with some buddies in WY. We showed up around 9AM in the local fly ship to get me a license and check out the reports. Following the usual "everything is fishing well, pick a spot" BS from the "helpful experts" we headed out on our own.
i have to stop here and say that Kiene's has always been super helpful with detailed flies, locations and reports. wish they were all like that but sadly its a rare occurance in the well-known fly spots around the west.
We hit the Shoshone in Cody at a public parking area. Walked down the permanent steps to the park, followed the bike trail to the river and said something like - "this looks pretty good" and started fishing. Total of maybe 200 yards - all downhill - and the rest was pure magic.
i had tied on at the truck - heavy wire black stone with a 20 olive micro mayfly about 15" below. tossed that upstream, perfect drift and bang - 20" brown - jumping and all. 3 more takes in 5 casts landed 2. stuck a big fish which pulled out the fly right at the bank. pretty much went that way for the rest of the day. stuck over 30 fish and landed north of 20 - none smaller than 13" including the slam of rainbow, brown and cutty. NEVER MOVED FOR 5 HOURS!!!
What I thought you guys would get a kick out of:
1. Stairs, bike path, couple of steps down rip-rap: mucho fish
2. Actually caught fish on the same rig I tied at the truck - didn't even adjust my indicator
3. 3X to the stone, 4X on the micro - barely fit throught the eye (8X, you gotta be kidding me)
4. Never touched the stone - same one all day.
5. Had to change the mayfly twice because of damage (still caught fish when it was all but falling apart)
6. 20+ fish in the same spot - all day (moved a little for variety and caught fish there too!)
7. Guy at the flyshop had recommended a pink beadhead scud (seriously)
8. Schooled the Wyoming boys on their home court
9. never saw another vehicle, let alone a fisherman, all day.
10. blue sky, 45 degrees, very little wind by WY standards. only blew over 2 beers :-)
11. Wyoming browns jump
Thought you guys would appreciate this. Brings a smile to my face when i think of all the effort we go to sometimes and all the flies i purchase at the local fly shop so i have just the right match and i end up with 20+ fish on the same darn rig that works for me on Rock Creek, the Green, the Big Horn and in CA.
A final good word for Kiene's. Except for a few pleasant experiences, I never get any where near the time and info from others that i have received from Bill and his guys.
tight lines!!
bp
Had the chance to take a detour on a business trip and fish with some buddies in WY. We showed up around 9AM in the local fly ship to get me a license and check out the reports. Following the usual "everything is fishing well, pick a spot" BS from the "helpful experts" we headed out on our own.
i have to stop here and say that Kiene's has always been super helpful with detailed flies, locations and reports. wish they were all like that but sadly its a rare occurance in the well-known fly spots around the west.
We hit the Shoshone in Cody at a public parking area. Walked down the permanent steps to the park, followed the bike trail to the river and said something like - "this looks pretty good" and started fishing. Total of maybe 200 yards - all downhill - and the rest was pure magic.
i had tied on at the truck - heavy wire black stone with a 20 olive micro mayfly about 15" below. tossed that upstream, perfect drift and bang - 20" brown - jumping and all. 3 more takes in 5 casts landed 2. stuck a big fish which pulled out the fly right at the bank. pretty much went that way for the rest of the day. stuck over 30 fish and landed north of 20 - none smaller than 13" including the slam of rainbow, brown and cutty. NEVER MOVED FOR 5 HOURS!!!
What I thought you guys would get a kick out of:
1. Stairs, bike path, couple of steps down rip-rap: mucho fish
2. Actually caught fish on the same rig I tied at the truck - didn't even adjust my indicator
3. 3X to the stone, 4X on the micro - barely fit throught the eye (8X, you gotta be kidding me)
4. Never touched the stone - same one all day.
5. Had to change the mayfly twice because of damage (still caught fish when it was all but falling apart)
6. 20+ fish in the same spot - all day (moved a little for variety and caught fish there too!)
7. Guy at the flyshop had recommended a pink beadhead scud (seriously)
8. Schooled the Wyoming boys on their home court
9. never saw another vehicle, let alone a fisherman, all day.
10. blue sky, 45 degrees, very little wind by WY standards. only blew over 2 beers :-)
11. Wyoming browns jump
Thought you guys would appreciate this. Brings a smile to my face when i think of all the effort we go to sometimes and all the flies i purchase at the local fly shop so i have just the right match and i end up with 20+ fish on the same darn rig that works for me on Rock Creek, the Green, the Big Horn and in CA.
A final good word for Kiene's. Except for a few pleasant experiences, I never get any where near the time and info from others that i have received from Bill and his guys.
tight lines!!
bp