What are you fishing this week?

[teter]

Nice. I love Art's rods.

[Salar4me]

Fished a 10 1/2’ Lyon and Coulson Regent #130 (Heddon) today. ‘‘Tis a heavy mother, but turned a few steelhead in the right direction

[barebo]

Nice fish - you must've set your lawn chair up at 3:30 a.m.

[scarlet>fire]

Awesome !! Thanks for sharing those!

[teter]

8'6" Pezon et Michel Parabolic Speciale. The rod bends well into the butt, as you can see.

[creakycane]

Peerless 7m with Dt 4 and 6’8” 2/2 Pickard Quad on some little creeks above the high water..........

[paramount]

Carlin 8' Para15. Great day to be out of the house, fishing not so great, high water and off color with about a foot + of visibility. Didnt bother me a bit, glad to get out! Bruce

[cappy]

Carlin 8' Para15. Great day to be out of the house, fishing not so great, high water and off color with about a foot + of visibility. Didnt bother me a bit, glad to get out! Bruce

Beautiful scenery. Water conditions like you describe are perfect for catching large browns on streamers in my neck of the woods.

[snorider]

Yesterday the water was high and off color from snowmelt, I was hoping for a repeat of last years March 4th Midge Madness. The midges were there, but only in the slick water near the banks and no way a fish could see them thru the murk. Fished a 7' 2 5/8 Winston Brackett made "leetle Feller" and used a "benthic invertebrate pattern". I was not hopeful of turning up any trout. As I was drifting off watching the cows eat grass across the way I felt a bump and "autoset". Imagine my shock when an 18" rainbow exploded from the riffle! First fish of 2021 and a beauty. Left my camera in the car but man it felt good to have a fish tied to that little Winston again. Can't say enough about those little Winstons just too fun!

[Salar4me]

Wright & McGill Granger Special 8642 - Temps back in the 20’s, howling wind, ccccold but the sun was out - not sure who was more surprised, myself or Mr. Trout? Spooked a mink which came close to getting hooked...

[snorider]

Fished the little Winston 7’ rod again last evening with a 2 5/8 uniqua. The water was Cold in the spring creek. Nothing eating. Then I saw around the bend a splash in a big pool below where one of the springs enter. I put on the “sleestack” midge cluster pattern, crawled around the bend, cast to the tail of the pool and a fish ate it! First dry fly fishing of 2021! I proceeded to land the first seven whitefish I have ever caught in this creek. Guess the natives don’t mind 36f waters.

[NewUtahCaneAngler]

Took my 8 1/2' Orvis 3/2 from 1964 and a 3 3/8" St. George to a local river for some underwater fishing, but never felt the slightest take. At the end of the day, while we were enjoying a cigar on the tailgate, we saw a few rises, but of course, no such activity while we were on the water.

I fished some larger nymphs that looked like this (stonefly?), but in different colors and a streamer.


Notice the bald eagle above the reel seat


Cheers,
Joe

[spruce grouse]

First time out this year. Fished a tiny brookie stream that's a go-to. Pretty much the closest to my house, and it's an hour and a quarter drive.
Rod made by my good friend Tim (Chip Node here) based on some Digger Degere taper, paired with a Hardy Marquis.

[creakycane]

Fished a 7'6" 5 wt Jon Parker 2/2 with a St. George 3 inch and DT5. high, clear tailwater; picture perfect day and weather-- 75F sunny; however, probably the slowest fishing day in the dozen or so times I've been out in 2021. Two weeks ago, little black stones and QG types were around.....Didn't see one fish rise and almost no bugs today. A couple of small fish hit the nymph.

[red 1]

My 8' 6 WT 1911 Dirigo on the Farmington River.

[headwaters]

Great to see that old gal on the water, Rob!

[cwfly]

Looks sort of like Whittemore's.

[red 1]

Thanks Headwaters. The old girl fishes nice.
Cwfly I was fishing about 1/2 mile from the dam. One of my favorite sections.

[blackdog]

I got out for my first fishing trip this year, in SE Minnesota. Water was low and clear, and saw some bugs but no rises. Managed only one fish on a GRHE. But it’s great to enjoy the early spring. Fished an 8’ Heddon #20 with 2 1/2F. Great rod.

[PT48]

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?