05-24-2005, 04:08 AM
I actually look forward to fishing the high muddy run off water in small creeks or rivers. It is some of my favorite fishing. Especially during the full moon - like this past weekend.
I was just at Current Creek this weekend fishing in chocolate coloured water - It was high run-off. I was fishing the eddies behind the rocks and small pockets of water that form along the banks where the fast water and slow water create eddie or backwash seams.
The artificials I used(artificial section of creek) were a Bright red San Juan worm with a bead head, a bright flashy tungston bead head nymph, and 1/32 ounce marabou jig and a size 1 black and yellow spotted Panther Martin spinner. Of course, the use of naturals for bait would work where appropriate and legal.
I use a variety of presentation techniques depending on several factors(far too many to list here) - the place, currents, the possible approaches, and of course the type of bait/lure/fly.
These days when I fish(most often I have 2 hounds with me), I scout the water first and find the exact place I want to fish, then I rig for that specific place - I always try to bring several different types of rigging so I can adjust to the place I find. It takes more time, but that is what I am there for. Sometimes I even hike back to camp or the vehicle to re-rig then return with tackle or gear reinforcements - there are even times when I make an all day expedition of fishing in one single specific spot on a creek.
However, most folks do it like I used to. Rig one time and go find all the places that rig works or can be sort of made to work and fish them. I did catch more fish that way because I covered more water, but I now catch the fish I want to catch - and they are generally better fish.
For me, it's not really how many fish I catch, but, how many ways I can do it.
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I was just at Current Creek this weekend fishing in chocolate coloured water - It was high run-off. I was fishing the eddies behind the rocks and small pockets of water that form along the banks where the fast water and slow water create eddie or backwash seams.
The artificials I used(artificial section of creek) were a Bright red San Juan worm with a bead head, a bright flashy tungston bead head nymph, and 1/32 ounce marabou jig and a size 1 black and yellow spotted Panther Martin spinner. Of course, the use of naturals for bait would work where appropriate and legal.
I use a variety of presentation techniques depending on several factors(far too many to list here) - the place, currents, the possible approaches, and of course the type of bait/lure/fly.
These days when I fish(most often I have 2 hounds with me), I scout the water first and find the exact place I want to fish, then I rig for that specific place - I always try to bring several different types of rigging so I can adjust to the place I find. It takes more time, but that is what I am there for. Sometimes I even hike back to camp or the vehicle to re-rig then return with tackle or gear reinforcements - there are even times when I make an all day expedition of fishing in one single specific spot on a creek.
However, most folks do it like I used to. Rig one time and go find all the places that rig works or can be sort of made to work and fish them. I did catch more fish that way because I covered more water, but I now catch the fish I want to catch - and they are generally better fish.
For me, it's not really how many fish I catch, but, how many ways I can do it.
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