Thursday, August 15, 2013

Pre-Work Fishing



School year is going to start in a few weeks, so it's always helpful to get in the classroom often this time of year to prep. Decided to wake up early and hit a river near the school at the crack of dawn. I figured the relatively cooler air temps would translate to cooler water temps which would mean more trout.

Wrong. At least during this morning on this river. Eleven chubs, but no trout. Bummer. They're definitely in that area, I've caught several there before, but perhaps the water temps are still too warm. Levels were also somewhat low.

Still, it was a good morning to get out and at least I wasn't skunked. I also explored further downstream than I ever had before and found some nice pools.

The Goddard Caddis flies I have, while fun to fish with, looked like they were too big. Lots of annoyance/investigative strikes. Switched to a smaller size 16 wooly bugger variation and had better luck... but all of them from those garbage chubs.

Area: Small river.
Water notes: Normal clarity (slightly stained), levels a bit low.
Weather: Mid 50s to lower 60s, sunny.
Time: 6:15am-9am.
Flies: Goddard Caddis, size 12. Purple wooly bugger variation, size 16.
Fish: 11 chubs.

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