Thanks for sharing. Wish I was there to fish with you. Mike
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Tom Davenport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I went out again Saturday and had another great day of fishing on the > Weber. Again, more fish than I cared to count. This time I > remembered I had my cell phone with me and snapped a few pictures of > the larger/ prettier fish. Most pictures are in the 13 to 16 inch > range. The surprise of the day was a Tiger trout, a laketrout-brook- > trout hybrid which isn't (to my knowledge) planted in the Weber but > probably escaped from a reservoir somewhere on the drainage. I have > caught tiger trout before, but never in this river. This one was > particularly beautiful. I have posted its picture, and I also included > a picture of a larger Tiger trout caught in 2007, to show how the > difference in coloration between it and the fish caught in the river. > Most of the Tiger's I've caught have the dull colors of the larger > fish, but they are spectacular when in color. > > I also had a double hook-up (I always use two flies) something that > has never happened before on the river. The fish on the top fly got > off, but it was fun while it lasted. > > > In addition to the fish pictured I caught a bunch of monster Rocky > Mountain white fish, fat and in the 18 inch range, but I didn't bother > to take a pictures of them. Even though they are native and wild, > they don't get much respect because of their lack of color and > fighting habits. They are peppy enough, but want to stay close to the > bottom. Since large Browns also pull toward the bottom, one never > knows, so having it end up being a white fish is always a > disappointment. Maybe that is why we don't like them (but I would > rather catch white fish than no fish)! > > As the day wore on, I tried using alternate flies, but none produced > like the BHPT. Finally, just before leaving, I tied on a Wooly Bugger > to see if I could pull out some larger browns. The first strike > snapped off the first bugger (a brown olive mohair tied on a light > gold plated jig hook). The only other big flies I had with me was a > Clouser minnow (chartruse/white) and a big ugly bugger that I call > "the Sparkplug" (Large gold bead, black tail, brown body, grizzly > hackle and lots of lead). I caught one on the Clouser (not distinctive > enough to photograph) and a nice fat Brown with a slightly hooked jaw > caught on the Sparkplug (you can see the black marabou tail on the > side of its mouth). > > I think I fished the hole for four hours, with steady action. > > Finally, since my Mac makes it so easy to do, I dragged over a couple > of videos taken last Thursday on Lost Creek. > > I also included some pictures of the way I tie BHPT that caught most > of the fish. The rabbit hair showing in the pictures was an > experiment which didn't make any difference, so I don't do it now. I > also added a picture sequence showing how the fly is tied. > > You can find the pictures at http://gallery.me.com/tsmd#100351 > > Enjoy. > > Tom > > My Daughter's Name Art website: www.wishberrie.com > Home Page: http://homepage.mac.com/tsmd > Webshots Albums: http://community.webshots.com/user/tsmdav > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
