Jimmy, If you ever do make it over here to New Mexico, let me know, I'll take you up on the San Juan for a nice float trip... that is if my uncle will sell me his drift boat... if he does I have to go to Seattle to get it... :-(
Rodney... aka smokeater734 Fire Captain/Paramedic Los Chavez Fire Department, NM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmy D. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 7:14 PM Subject: [VFB] Fishing Report - JIMMY D > Hi Gang! > > Took my 10 year old grandson Hunter, fly fishing on Lake Waco today, > only to find out that all the floating docks by the boat ramps had been > removed for repair and new flotation. So it was really tuff on this old > Texan climbing in and out of my bass boat from and onto a rocky > shoreline - New ramp and nothing but rock ledges and other big rocks > just under the surface all along the shore on either side of the ramp. > I can still walk and wade, but climbing into a boat over a bunch of > rocks plays havoc with my arthritic ankle, (the result of breaking leg > just above the ankle two years ago, and tearing posterior tibial tendon > on bottom of foot.), plus a recent injury to my left knee. Man, It's > hell getting old! > > I finally got into the boat, somewhat embarassed about not being able to > jump in as I did in the past, and headed to my favorite bluegill haunt - > Reynolds Creek. Normally I would put in at the ramp there, but with the > conservation pool of the lake being raised 8 feet, that was impossible. > Only about 8 feet of the ramp is still out of water. Anyway, had lots > of new gill water to fish and the results were pretty good, considering > we didn't get in the water until nearly 11 a.m and the temp already > heating up. Most of the fish were in the shade under willows and other > trees growing along the shore. > > This was Hunter's first time out using a fly rod. (I taught him how to > cast, etc. yesterday, in the front yard.) He's a natural and I didn't > have to do any coaching this morning. He's really proficient at the roll > cast and enjoyed rolling his gill cricket under the willows and flicking > it in and out of the Cara Weed. He caught 8 nice gills, the largest > about the size of my hand. I do have a big hand, so we're talking about > a 10 inch gill. We got into some Sandies that were schooling and > frothing the surface and I caught a bunch of them, around 12 inches. > Sandies, (white bass), fight like you wouldn't believe. Hunter beat me > bigtime on the gills. > > It was a great day! Just being out with my grandson and seeing him > handle my little 6 foot Wright & McGill Featherlite fly rod and catching > fish to boot was a real joy. Next thing, he'll want to go to New Mexico > with me to fish for trout. I CAN HANDLE THAT! > > One thing I learned today is that I won't be able to fish Lake Waco > anymore until the floating docks are back in place. Now if I can just > convince the Corps to let me take my pontoon boat to the Reynolds Creek > ramp, I can throw it in the back of my F350 and slip it right into the > water. Then I can fish in the backwater and not worry about having to > launch my big boat. > > JIMMY D > > P.S. We were using an assortment of swap flies. I had Ridderbos's > black foam beetle and Hunter was using a black cricket. Think it was > Bruce Whittle's. We used other flies also. I'll have to check to see > who they belonged to and get back to the group. Also, we were using > Del's furled leaders. Awsome! > > -- > > > > ======================================================== > Jimmy D. Moore - Retired Scout Executive, BSA, Moderator Fly Fishing > World Email List, TOWA, VFB, HCFF, GRTU, FFF, NAFC - Life Member. > Contributor - Texas Fish & Game Magazine. Outdoor Humor Writer. > Author of "MOON HOLLER MISFITS" Click URL below for info. > > http://home.earthlink.net/~rayado/rayadoflyfishingflypatternstips/index.html > > "Being able to read trout streams is just as valuable to a > fly fisherman as the ability to read a defense is to a Quarterback." > > Jimmy D. Moore [2004] > ======================================================== > > > > > > > > > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.729 / Virus Database: 484 - Release Date: 7/27/2004
