Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Sometines You just need to get out

I knew this brookie would grab your attention!

Cold weather had kept me off the river for too long so when I saw an opening in the weather I knew I needed to get out.  The temperature was 35 when James and I arrived at Junction Pool and the with sun filtering in through the trees. 



 The water level was perfect and as I checked out the deep pool to the left of the rock at 3-oclock I saw trout finning in the shady-depths.  James and I decided to walk down to the ford pool and fish back up to the jeep.  We rigged up with light rods and dry-dropper tandems in hopes that the warm sun would warm up the top layer, promote a hatch and feeding.   We were wrong. The surface water temp at the ford was 34 degrees and even though I saw trout in the pools as I walked they were conserving energy in deep holes and very docile.  After trying all manner of combinations I finally landed on a tandem bead head nymph-dropper rig fished without an indicator in order to plumb the depths.  I caught the this beautiful brookie in a a +5' deep hole and for the remainder of the day only had 2 other firm strikes.
Meaty Brookie from a deep pool


 James had similar fortune and this sparkling brookie put a great smile on his face....its so true that one trout is infinitely better than no trout!




Water never warmed enough to promote a hatch


The one who was kind enough to make my day

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