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I hit the SF after work today and was finally able to end my little funk I was in. I got skunked all last week (other than a couple planters and some perch at Roberts Pond) I guess I shouldn't complain though, I have had a great year, as far as fishing goes.
So I got to the river around 5:00 PM and started looking for another spot to fish. My other spot, when the river was at 14,000 isn't nearly as good anymore. I ended up catching 3 cutts, 2 browns, and 1 whitefish. I also somehow managed to snag a couple fish, but those don't count. Didn't catch anything to brag about but it sure was nice to catch some trout out of the river again. I also had a fun time trying out a new fly I tied up and it worked great. Always nice to catch fish on something you made up messing around.

Tight lines. . .
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Sounds like fun. [] You appear to produce fairly regularly with your wooly buggers. Is there anything you do in particular? Do you let it reach the bottom, and then strip it slow? Just curious if there is a secret to your technique... Thanks for posting the report, it is encouraging despite the high water levels.
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I retrieve differently depending on what the water I am fishing looks like. Generally speaking, I like to cast out on a floating line, let it sink for 5 or 6 seconds, then strip in half to one second intervals. If the fish are rising up top I will usually only sink it a couple seconds. That usually does the trick for me for fish feeding on the surface. When I am fishing really high water like yesterday, I put on my heavy sinking line, let it sink to the bottom, then strip it in slowly. When the water is lower and there are actual riffles to fish, I like to dead drift it through with a nymph dropper. Yesterday I dropped a rubber legs off the bottom and that worked great. The woolly bugger is my number one go to fly. Thats the first thing I will usually throw out if I am at a river I have never fished before.
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