Sounds like a fine day my friend. Jimi
Well the heat finally broke. One of my fishing buddies called me last night about fishing this morning. We have not fished since this hot weather descended upon us. Headed up to Tucker Shoals here on the White. Rene, you know where that is, Mike was with me. It was foggy and overcast. We have been having thunder showers for the past couple of days. The water was a bit colored. Left my dock about 8:30. It only takes a few minuets to get up to Tucker and we were ready to start fishing. At my dock, trout were working so I started out with the green emerger that I posted last week. Caught one nice trout but things were slow. I decided to go with the Chili Pepper in the fast water. A couple of casts and I had a football size cutt bow on the pepper. Next few casts caught a few more large Rainbows. These trout were in the two pound class. Did well for about an hour or so and then it slowed down. Changed over to the green emerger and took a real nice Cutt bow on it. Worked the rises and hooked a brown about 13 to 14". The fog had lifted by now, it was still overcast. Looked like the sky would open any minuet. It really slowed down by now and I went back to the Chili Pepper. First cast with it in the calmer water yielded a nice bow about 13". All the trout were fat and had a thick girth. They had been in the river a good while. Things finally slowed down enough to think about heading back. Mike had to meet his wife to go the the grand daughters birthday party. Headed back to the dock. On the way in I stopped and asked three guys in a canoe if they wanted to race. They had kidded with us up at the Shoals. By that time we were across from my dock. Got back in the house at 12:15. Mike caught about 15 trout using several of his tyes. I caught 14 trout, all were released. I have to tell this on Mike. I looked up and saw his rod about bent in two. He was into the backing. I started up river towards him asking if he needed some help, he was not able to turn the fish. As I got closer to Mike the trout turned and headed straight for him. If you wanted to see someone crank fast, that was the time to see it. The fish then headed back out to the fast water and swung around and back to Mike. By that time, I was close enough to net the fish. After a few more runs I was able to get the net under the Rainbow. A beautiful colored bow af about 1 1/2 pounds hooked at the base of the dorsal fin. That made it feel like a monster. Great morning for both of us. Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED]
