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| A Cold Day but great flow on the Hughes |
James invited me to get out of the office and have a mountain fishing adventure so who was I to say no. We's hope'd the weather would be warmer, the forecast high was 52 but when we arrived at the Hughes River it was 34 and the wind had a bite which made us wonder if we had another layer.
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| James tip-toes up to casting position, one fall ends your day out here |
We rigged up w 2 and 3 wts and high hopes that we'd be able to lure a trout into a strike. Up the road, over Brokenback Run and 35 minutes up Nicholson Hollow Trail we decided we'd out walked any pressure (who else would be crazy enough to be out fishing) and we hit the Hughes. I love the Hughes, Its not quite such a high gradient as the Rapidan or Hazel and has a really nice bed.
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| When this male struck he turned over and his bright yellow belly made my day -- I didn't have him out of the water more than a few seconds |
We decided to go with double dropper rigs w adjustable indicators so we could match the depth of each pool and run. With a copper john on the top trailed by a #20 BH pheasant tail we worked each pool slowly trying to find the slow deep water. Leapfrogging pool to pool James Picked up the first trout, a fingerling brookie, but hey any trout is infinitely better than no trout and the excitement of a catch renewed our attentiveness.
By the end of the day we'd picked up another fingerling and a few respectable sized specs. It wasn't much, but in February, in these conditions it was very rewarding start to the 2018 fishing year.
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