Looks like we may have some low water for Sowbug. Tony --- On Thu, 3/4/10, J Balmer <jbal...@a5.com> wrote:
From: J Balmer <jbal...@a5.com> Subject: RE: [VFB] First fish of the year To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, March 4, 2010, 8:27 PM Congrats. Still have ice here, but it’s been in the 40s for a couple of days. Maybe I’ll have a chance to work on my rhythm before Sowbug. From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Spezio Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 7:47 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Cc: flyfishingandflytyingforpanf...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [VFB] First fish of the year After over five months of high water and cold weather the river was finally down. I had some things to do today and I had noted this morning that the dock was a lot lower than it gad been in months. We left the house about noon to get done what we had to do before I went to my monthly tying session. We got home about 5 PM and saw that the river was lower than I had seen it in months. The temperature was almost 60 so I grabbed a rod, tied on a Chili Pepper and went to the dock. It looked like one unit running. I cast a while with the CP and no hits. Tied on a small bead head midge, still nothing. Then tried a Zebra Midge and still nothing. The sun was going down fast and it was getting cool. I noted that there was a big midge hatch coming on and the trout started rising but too far below the dock to reach them. Then I saw a good riser in casting reach. I passed the Zebra Midge over the rise several time with no takes. Now it was getting cold so I decided on one more cast. I changed over to a red body soft hackle, passed it over the rise and then decided to make one more cast. The cast was good and the drift was right over the rise. A take and a good one. I landed the 15' brown and released it. Now I was really getting cold but the trout were rising in earnest but I had to quit. It was good to get a nice Brown the first time to wet a line in over 5 months. Not bad for about 30 minuets of fishing. 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 -- 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 -- 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
