Details: Largemouth Bass with a 3/4 oz football jig
Caught this fatty pre spawn at quail creek in st George. Fish were suspended about 3 foot off the bottom so I was doing big hops to get reaction bites. It's ...more still way too cold to fish in the northern area of the state, hopefully in a month the water temps will get up to the higher like they were down there. Caught it in 25 feet of water after a small rainstorm. Fishing was really slow.
Details: Brown Trout with a Peacock zebra midge size 20
Another nice brown from yesterday. Caught this one on the same rig as my last post, except I had on a pink Ray Charles and 2 small midge patterns. Fish seemed to ...more be more in the shallow fast moving pockets. They were definetly eating BWO emergers in the afternoon. A few hatches kicked up but fish weren't hitting the surface.
Details: Brown Trout with a Size 12 pink Ray Charles
Got a big hen yesterday morning on the pink Ray Charles (sow pattern). Put up a great fight, the water is still low and clear. I was using a 9' 5weight rod, ...more 9' 4x leader, 4x tippet, a San Juan, my pink Ray Charles, and a small midge, I had 1 size BB splitshot on, and my indicator was about 5' above my splitshot. Had an 8" section of 4x from my splitshot to my first fly and 8" between flies.
Details: Brown Trout with a 20 peacock color zebra midge
Got this nice brown right before heading out today. There was a bwo hatch In the afternoon. Water is still low and clear. 9' 5 weight echo 3, 9' 4x leader ...more 4x tippet, using fire orange San Juan, sow pattern, and a midge.
Details: Brown Trout with a Peacock zebra midge size 20
Got this nice brown right before heading out today. There was a bwo hatch In the afternoon. Water is still low and clear. 9' 5 weight echo 3, 9' 4x leader ...more 4x tippet, using fire orange San Juan, sow pattern, and a midge.
Details: Bluegill Sunfish with a Airbrush
Just got my airbrush, painted up this pattern to match the bluegill we have around here. I still need to go over it with some 2 part epoxy when I can buy some later. ...more First time air brushing a crankbait. What do you guys think, any suggestions?
Long casts and stripping fast. It's almost ice free and the big bows are hitting the fly. Fishing in all depths, these guys are just cruising around all over.
Golden Rainbow Trout with a Peach and white size 6 pale bunny
Huge rainbow went on a long run, had me down to the backing on my 6/7. Ice is off and catching the big bows on the fly, I've been been getting 5 on the fly for ...more every spin fishermans 1. Stripping it fast.
Golden Rainbow Trout with a Peach and white pale bunny
Details: Golden Rainbow Trout with a Small 2" white tube jig 1/8th oz head
Fishing was really slowing down towards the afternoon so I decided to go deeper and try something else. Caught this one in about 25 FOW with a slow presentation ...more lifting it about 1' off the bottom and then letting it drop on a slack line. Fish are shallow in the morning and more active, ice is around 5" thick but the weather has been really warm lately so use caution.
Details: Golden Rainbow Trout with a 3" pink twisty tail
Got another pig rainbow today using the same method, doing a lot of rapid twitches and pauses. When the sun starts go go down fishing really slows down and they ...more like a little slower presentation. Ice is still around 5" thick but it's slowly melting so use caution
