BillM Posted June 15, 2011 Report Posted June 15, 2011 Decided to pack the gear into the car before work yesterday and stop at one of my fav places on the way home. Weather was awesome, no bugs in sight (sans those hatching) and only a tad bit of wind. I have been told by a good friend that if you wanna catch big fish, you gotta use big bait. The upside of this is that usually if there is a monster hanging around, he'll make the effort to smash that 5inch streamer. Downside is that you won't get any of those 10-12inch piddlers that usually is a nice break in the action. I didn't hit the river at a very good time (4pm) but I thought I'd make the most of it. One thing I've learned is that big browns don't occupy the same space as big stealhead, so you gotta learn how to read the water differently. The places I've caught nice browns, I would have never fished if I was going after steelhead. There is definitely a learning curve, even more so on pressured fish like these. It was nice to put all those tactics together and have it pay off. Not a monster by any means, but a nice fish for this system..
splashhopper Posted June 15, 2011 Report Posted June 15, 2011 great pics..... thanks for the adventure too
danc Posted June 16, 2011 Report Posted June 16, 2011 Nice fish Bill, but even more impressive are the photos, assuming you took them yourself. Great job!!
BillM Posted June 16, 2011 Author Report Posted June 16, 2011 Thanks Dan! Didn't even bring my DSLR, only had my SD1400 with me I had to chase that fish down two sets of pools, I thought for sure I was going to lose it.
Victor Posted June 16, 2011 Report Posted June 16, 2011 Nice shots Bill. Love the color on these things
fish_finder Posted June 16, 2011 Report Posted June 16, 2011 Awesome buddy!! Looks like you are getting fly fishin figured out dude!
BillM Posted June 16, 2011 Author Report Posted June 16, 2011 Thanks Brian, we still got some local brownie chasing to do Water temps should still be good for a few more weeks. Let me know if you're up for it!
Live2fish85 Posted June 16, 2011 Report Posted June 16, 2011 Nice fish, looks like an awesome spot you got there.
rock34 Posted June 16, 2011 Report Posted June 16, 2011 Beauty Bill. Ill take that brownie anyday! If and when your ready to fish my home river, just let me know!
BillM Posted June 16, 2011 Author Report Posted June 16, 2011 For sure man, I've been actually thinking about it quite a bit. I'm sure the hatches are going crazy down there with all this warm weather. We'll have to hook up in the very near future.
wallacio Posted June 16, 2011 Report Posted June 16, 2011 Great fish buddy. Sorry I had to bail on you that night. BTW nice fly! It looks familiar!!!
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