Today I fished an intimate stream in low flow conditions. The normal run of fish for this river is in the nine to twelve inch range and I caught my share of those. The highlight was catching an out of size fish for the stream - probably around 16 inches and nudging two pounds. I was lucky because he didn't connect on the first take but I got him on the second. I used my 4/5 bush basher and it handled the bigger fish really well. Sighted fish on bamboo and on the dry fly - what can be better?
Norling 8'3" for 5 weight line, Original Ross Gunnison reel, Size 16 Brassie 3 feet below an indicator. This is the average size fish for this little stream. These are healthy fish.
John Pickard model# 725, 7’-2” 5wt, Driggs River taper. Hardy Bougle MK-IV reel, Cortland peach WF-5F line. Wood River fishing bag.
Central Oregon, March 2021. Low water level was really concentrating fish. Wish I had a fish photo. Mountain Whitefish were taking nymphs.....Following day, trout dry fly activity picked up.
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First time out this year 8' 13f Orvis Special & Young Condex on the Presumpscot River Maine.
No Fish but Casting Cane is more fun than drilling holes in the ice.
Central Oregon, March 2021. Low water level was really concentrating fish. Wish I had a fish photo. Mountain Whitefish were taking nymphs.....Following day, trout dry fly activity picked up.
Nice Pics Gclark! I havent fished that Central Or. gem in awhile.
I really like this 9-foot South Bend 47 and Finalist reel combo for smaller to medium steelhead. The rod has a great action and the reel has a surprisingly strong drag.
Finished my Stone blank - FE Thomas "Light Special" 8 1/2' 2/2. I believe Dennis has it as a 5 wt. but I'm using a SA 4 and it is a rod you can fish all day.
A trout like this one really makes it come alive!
Mid Autumn in Tasmania with only three more weeks left in the season. The over-grown stream that I like to fish brings with it a few problems at this time of the year - the water is too cold in the mornings and the pools get very little sun, so fishing hours are severely restricted, especially if sticking with the dry fly as I stubbornly do. One positive is that bigger fish come out the large rivers and into the tributaries on their annual spawning runs. With this in mind, I headed off yesterday with my strongest bamboo rod, a Stone five weight. The rod proved a bit cumbersome for some of the really tight pools but I was rewarded with a beauty from one of the few big holes on my regular beat.
Norling 8'3" for 5 weight line, Original Ross Gunnison reel, Size 16 Brassie 3 feet below an indicator. This is the average size fish for this little stream. These are healthy fish.
That Norling--I've cast that model--is a marvelous rod. If I lived West, that'd be the ticket.
