Jay, I hate fishing in strong wind but there are times when it is fish or not at all. If I did not see the few rises, I would of passed on it but the rises seduced me down to the dock. LOL Tony
--- On Sun, 4/26/09, J Balmer <jbal...@a5.com> wrote: From: J Balmer <jbal...@a5.com> Subject: [VFB] Re: Fishing this morning To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Sunday, April 26, 2009, 9:56 AM No fishing for me today. Wind is picking up ahead of the next storm; 22 knots & rising. And, I have developed an aversion to waving 8 ½ - 9’ of carbon in the air during thunder storms. Casting into the 20 knot wind w/ gusts was enough fun the other day, although I did manage to avoid hitting myself in the back of the head w/ a fly. Yes, I have done that, but not for a couple of years. I also have a story about hooking a big turkey w/ an olive bugger on Taneycomo, but that’s a story for another time. J From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Spezio Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 8:48 AM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Cc: flyfishingandflytyingforpanf...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [VFB] Fishing this morning The wind and high water has really cut into the fishing, I did have a short shot at it the other evening with the Caddis hatch. This morning about 6:30 I looked out at the dock and noticed the water was a lot lower than it has been. The wind was really blowing from the south, this made the water real ripply. I did notice that the water behind the dock was a bit calmer and saw some rises in the calmer water. I decided to give it a shot from the dock in spite of the strong wind. Tied on "Al's Fly and went down to the dock. Casting into the strong breeze was not pleasant at all. I did not get the first two casts where I wanted the fly to be. On the third cast I got a hit but missed the hook up. I was finally able to get the fly where I wanted it for a good drift. I hooked up with a small Brown. A few more casts later another small Brown. Missed a couple of hits then again another small Brown. I got four small browns in Al's Fly then I just was getting taps. I did get one good hit and missed it. I knew that was a bigger fish, the Browns were about 10". I then tied on a Peacock and Bronze and passed it over where I got the better hit. I got another tap then on the next cast, I hooked up. This was a good Rainbow about 14". I was happy with that. Made a few more casts and finally decided the wind was getting the best of me. Reeled up and back to the house for some breakfast. It was a nice way to spend an hour before the day really begins. I released all the Trout to be caught again. Arkansas Tony --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
