yes it was, hope some day you can be with me to have a day like that. Tony Desert Eagle wrote:
> 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]
