nice post ed it was a great evening and the new freinds were terrific, too bad the bugs did not cooperate. I am sorry bob couldnt fish but it was nice meeting him. John ties some pretty real looking flies as he caught a fly while fly fishing hmmm i think your suppose to catch fish while fly fishing though john not flies. all kidding aside you are a great bunch of guys and your always welcome to fish with me again brad the bushwacker
--- Ed Roden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I didn't see any posts from John or Brad yet, so I > gotta update you on > the Hex Rendezvous in northern Michigan! > > Brad Robinson, John Ridderboss, Bob Haering, Ed > Roden, and a > non-listmember (though John was trying to convince > him to fix that) > friend of Ed's - Aaron Rubel met at Hartwick State > Park. After dinner, > all but Bob (whose shoulder is still not up to par) > headed out to > Lovell's on the North Branch of the Au Sable to > Brad's super-secret hot > spot. After a grueling hike in (which left us all > drenched in the 80+ > degree heat and humidity), we set about fishing. > > I started with a streamer, and switched to a dry > when I saw some risers. > I caught the first fish (a small brookie). John > asked the size of the > grey drakes I saw coming up. In my focus on my fly, > I responded about > 1/2 inch, which confused him. When he rephrased it, > I realized the > stupidity of that answer to a fly fisherman and > answered a size 16. He > also found out how I classify some of my dries (I'm > terrible at > remembering what I have) - I told him I was fishing > a cream-colored > mayfly pattern - which was true, but not quite what > he was looking for. > > Brad and Aaron soon responded with brookies on their > line, and we gave > John the usual good-natured ribbing for not having > his yet. He did > manage to get some caddis to mate with his fly, > which we've never seen, > and we weren't quite sure what that means about the > quality of his > tying.... > > Brad rounded the bend while the brown drakes were > heating up, and me > being the one with a camera, heard him yelling for > me, but as I had a > riser in front of me, wasn't about to give it up to > chase down a > picture. He claims an 18 inch brown, and I'm > inclined to believe him. > > The drakes kept us going, and we all had several > hits, and John claimed > a good-sized hookup, but was still fishless. Once > the hex started > coming off, the mosquitoes went nuts, and the > lightning could be seen in > the distance. Brad moved back around the bend so he > wasn't too far > away, but we kept fishing anyways. Since they > stopped taking the drake > pattern (I wasn't seeing hex in the air yet), and > the slurps were > getting bigger, I tied on a hex dry as quickly as > possible (along with > getting the requisite cigar going, hoping to repel > mosquitoes). As I > had that drifting over the feeder lane, the rain > came down. The fish > stopped shortly thereafter. The rain didn't last > long, and it wasn't > heavy, so we stood silently at our posts waiting to > see what was going > to happen. I had a few sporadic feeders around me, > but didn't see any > bugs coming off, and drifted the hex over the > feeders. Then it was > quiet. > > We headed back out, with John fishless - he should > have stuck to his > bass and bluegills of earlier in the day.... > > Overall, an excellent night, and many thanks to Brad > "Bushwhacker" > Robinson for a fine evening of hospitality and > fishing! It was a great > evening to spend with some tight-lines (sorry John!) > on a beatiful > stream! > > Ed Roden > Quest for Quality Computers, Inc. > "Any BYTE-sized Job" > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.questquality.com > > Living would be easier if men showed as much > patience at > home as they do when they're fishing. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com
