I agree. Tony From: Wayne Blake-Hedges <[email protected]> To: Tony Spezio <[email protected]>; virtual flybox <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 11:53 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] The last few days fishing, very long
Hi Tony; Thrilled to hear your getting out and about! A bad day fishing I'd still a good day! A good day fishing is heavenly! Wayneb Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android From: Anthony Spezio <[email protected]>; To: [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; Subject: [VFB] The last few days fishing, very long Sent: Tue, May 28, 2013 8:59:46 PM My son and two of his friends came up for a few days of Trout fishing. They got here on Friday afternoon and we took the boat out the first time since last year. It was a beautiful day but they had four units running so the river was a bit high. Too high to wade. With four of us in the boat, I could not fly fish, they were spin fishing. I went along and ran the boat. They caught and released several nice size Trout while drifting. Saturday morning it was real chilly but the dam was shut down. We left my dock as soon as the fog lifted and headed up to Tucker Shoals 1/2 mile up river from my house. Low and behold, someone was already in the spot that I wanted to fish. They were chucking corn by the hand full. This really ticked me off. I managed to get by them and above them. This area is real shallow and not the best spot on the shoals. My son and his two friends got out and waded and I tried to get on a good spot to anchor the boat. I am not able to wade yet. I did not want to drift down river and get too far from my son and his friends. I had a Chili Demon tied on so I fished with that fly. I caught a real nice Rainbow that was colored real bright. A beautiful Trout about 16". It was not too long when I heard a yell. One of my son's friends fell in. I managed to get to him and took him back to the house. Headed back up to the shoals and it looked like the river grew a bunch of boats. Most did not know what they were doing. They motored in front of me and cut me off. Coming out of my dock, I almost got run into by another boat. Got back up to the shoals and the other boat was sill there chucking corn. The other one of my sons friends caught a big Brown I was told. My son said it was about 24". I did not see it. Terry ended up falling in trying to land it so I took him back to the house. I got back up to the shoals and got a call on my cell phone from a visiting friend, he was at my house and wanted to fish with me. Back to the dock to pick him up. When I left the dock, something happened to my tiller. I was having a hard time shifting and controlling the throttle. I managed to get back up to Tucker and start fishing again. I let my friend off to wade. The water at the pool was flat and smooth as glass, no breeze at all. Fish were rising all over the place but I could not see any bugs. I must of changed flies a dozen times but no hits. I did notice a very small midge like bug on my hand and wondered if that was what they were taking. It was about a sz 32. My friend waded back over to where I was and tried several flies but did no good. He is a far better fly fisherman than I am. Then all of a sudden the wind came up and I decided I had enough. More and more idiots on the water. My son waded over and was ready to come in too. My friend was staying at the resort 1/2 mile from my house so he asked if I could take him back there so his wife would not have to come to the house to get him, That brought on another problem. The channel is real narrow with thick weeds on one side and gravel bars on the other side. There were boats in the channel fishing and they had no regards for the boats that were trying to use the channel. I got down to the resort ok but coming back up the current was a problem with the throttle not working like it should. I got on a gravel bar and got hung up. My son had to get out of the boat and pull it along. Boats were coming down the channel and would not give us an inch. My son finally pulled me back up to the dock. By now I was really ticked off. I normally would not go out on a holiday weekend. I checked the tiller and found a screw that holds a bracket for the shifting and throttle rod had fallen out. Not sure what size screw it was, we decided to go to the Mercury dealer and get a screw. We went to the three dealers in the area and none of then had a replacement screw. I finally found one at the hardware store and fixed the problem. They wanted to go back out on Sunday but the dam was running five units, Too much water for me to take the boat out. They went to a friends pond but did not stay long. The pond was loaded with moss. Later in the day the dam dropped down to three units so the boys took the boat up to White Hole for a five mile drift. I did not go with them as Dot thought I was pushing it a bit. They only caught six Trout between them in that five miles where last year they caught over 50 trout. They left on Monday morning and I took a long nap. Today Dot had another appointment with the doctor and I took my fly rod along. It was overcast and the wind blowing a gale. I had a sz 12 foam Black ant tied on so I started with that. On the second cast I caught a fair sized Largmouth. A few casts later another one but I was still fighting the slimy moss along the bank. I caught my third Bass when I heard a horn honk. It was my wife ready to leave. She was only there for less than a half hour. I got to fish for about twenty minuets. Not bad for three Bass. It made up for the frustration on the river. Tony -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. 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