My best fish ever from RF came on the wrong fly at the wrong time presented
in the wrong way. It was a cold but clear December day a few years ago...
...a brief hatch of BWOs started coming off in the middle of the day. As I
looked in my pathetic flybox for a dry, all I could come up with was a #12
(hardware) store-bought irresistable Adams on a black (rusty) hook. My first
couple casts into the pond water brought plenty of action, only it was more
of a spooked nature as several head wakes peeled away from my targeted rocks
in fear of a hail storm or something. Then on my third cast, after
successfully ridding the area of any and all fish, a huge snout arrogantly
lifted up and sucked in this odd-looking bug. A few minutes later I landed a
very fat 8-10 pound square-nosed trout with the deepest body I had ever
seen. Call it a fluke, it still remains one of my fonder memories of trout
fishing. Am I proud? You bet!
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David Weitl mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Poulsbo, Washington WA Statewide Fishing Reports
http://www.nwfishing.com
"The gods do not deduct from a man's allotted span
the hours spent in fishing"
-- Babylonian Proverb
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 9:24 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Rocky Ford
A buddy and I headed out to Rocky Ford this weekend and fished Saturday
evening and Sunday morning. Most everyone we saw on the creek was taking
fish (although not copious amounts--just <5 each) and several of the fish
were of very decent size.
My buddy thought he was the man pulling in a nice 2lb-er until I tossed out
(of all things) an olive wolley bugger with a flash. On my 3rd cast with it
the fly was still partially dry so that it *floated* over the top of this
monster I had be trying for all morning (BWOs, scuds, PMDs, calebaetis,
nymphs). BANG he hit that floatin' bugger and 2 minutes later the beaut
wound up in my net. A beautiful 5 lb Rocky Ford Rainbow. Biggest 'bow I'd
every landed. I got a good picture too.
The great thing about this trip (besides that fish) was the variety of flies
we saw catching fish. A great hatch came off the water at about 7:30-8am of
tiny #18-20 yellow/white duns. The bows slurped on them for 2 hours after
that, so were there for us to see and, every now and then, catch. I saw
PMDs, spinners, scuds, nymphs, San Juan worms, and wolley buggers on hooks
from size 20 to 8 all catch fish this weekend. The most productive fly I
saw I won't mention b/c I don't know what it is called, but the owner kindly
showed me how to tie it!
A great trip anytime you can pull in a 5 lb trout--even if it is on a
floating wolley bugger. There is honor in that, isn't there?
Brian
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