That storm that came in last week put the fish on a grab for a couple of days, these storm's stir the water up and brings the fish into the shallow water looking for food right after the storm.
The first couple of days of the trip there was a lot of sight fishing in Freeman Bay, ripping my big streamers on a floating line and 15 ft. leader and tippet at trout on the surface looking for some thing to eat, not much of a bug hatching going on.
The next couple of days the trout moved out to the deeper water weed beds (8-12) ft., i used a intermediate line, 15 ft. of leader and tipped and my big streamer to get down to the trout.....the only fly i used for the whole trip was the streamer for 4 to 5 trout a day except for the last day i only got one before i left. For me the best time of the day to fish was from 1-3 pm the warm's time of the day i would find trout cruising around the points in the bays, almost any point will compress the trout closer to shore, so you would stand back from the water edge and wait for a trout to cruse by (look for nerves water). There are lots of points to pick from but hiring a guide (Jon Baiocchi) that does a lot of walking the shore line will know the right place and time to be at for the grab.....i did so much walking on this trip that i wore a hole in my new waders......bummer.....but i learned a lot of new thing by doing all that walking.
Water temp 59 degrees
This is a point, it doesn't take much of a point to compress the trout closer.
Toad caught from this point.
Deep water weed bed are a good place for a tug.
Fire in the sky, and a warm camp fire.
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