just so you know, your link to hans site is the wrong link. Glad you got out and had some fun.
john [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Shhhh!!!!! �I snuck out of work yesterday and fished for a few hours on the >Patuxent. �A glorious warm day it was and enlightening to boot. �Here's a >synopsis of my day by subject: > >The Flys- >Started off with a box of flys chosen for their diversity and my desire to >compare a variety of drys on trout from fingerlings on up. �Started with a #16 >yellow humpy which brought up a few small trout, some to small to get hooked. � >The tree ate it after quite a few casts and many missed fish. �Switched to an >Adams #18 parachute and only a few fry tried to suck it down. �Went to a #16 >gold stimulator and caught a trophy (more on fish #1 later). �Somewhere in >between those flys I brought out one of the Wally Wings in medium dun Wally Lutz >tied for me a few years back (yes Wally, I know I promised you some Murfs >Hairwing Stimulators and I've had the Jiffylite addressed for a long time so I'll >have to get to tying yours). �Well, Wally Wings are some exceptionally >realistic flys in many ways, especially the wings. �This pattern brought up trout I >had fished over earlier and had all but given up on. �My advice? �Learn to tie >Wally Wings. �Hans has them on www.danica.com with a "how to" when you click on >Wally Lutz. > >The Stream- >This is a slow rolling country freestone which can get downright too warm in >the heat and drought of summer. �This year has boasted much rain and >reconfigured the stream with numerous undercuts and deepish ditches. �Water was just >a >bit high but mostly clear. �The stream gave up many a small fish but I didn't >realize how many larger trout held in the deeper pools until heading out and >talking to a fellow who fished it often. �Now I have a reason to return next >week. > >The Fish- >Quite a few 2-3" trout who were just shy of having a wide enough mouth to >take my #16 flys. �A fair amount of fish in the 8-10" range and the lurkers I >missed (about 17" on average according to the man I met and believe he told the >truth about his last foray to this stream). �Enough talk about size. �The fish >of the day was both small and had a beauty I've never seen in a stream. �The >colors were just out of this world. �Weighing in at about 1-2 ounces and maybe >4" long, this was the fish of a lifetime. �I had to prod myself to release him >quickly even while I stared at this kaleidiscope of color. �The trout was a >rainbow but not colored like any I've seen before. �The top lateral line was a >bright florescent green followed by and almost orangish red lateral streak >with some bright yellow blending them together. �He had some speckling but it was >the irridescence of his colors that reminded me of a dolphin (the fish >[mahi-mahi], not the mammal) �just as he approaches the boat but before being >removed from the water. > >Was quite a nice day and I would be telling you about the larger fish if I >had put on some nymphs which is what the lunkers were eating. �I enjoyed just >being out and taking a few little-uns on drys. �The only soul there came in as I >was leaving and is the guy I spoke of earlier. �Just a great day. > >Back to tying. > >Murf >
