04-08-2009, 05:33 PM
Derek
Went to the Weeeb to catch some fishies and try out your cased caddis. Went above Coalvile first and tried to find a section without a lot of fisherman. Ended up in a section that was not my first choice by a long shot and still found fishermen. Didn't like this section, the holes just didn't look very good. Wasn't going to put your caddis on until I found fish, which I didn't, snagged 1 whittie. Decided I was wasting my time so I left and went to my old stomping grounds. Didn't get there till just before 3.
Well, caught 2 more whitties and decided it's time to try your caddis. Put it on below a prince. Caught the first nice one on the prince (SBW 1a). Isn't he good looking? Right at about 20". Went to the next hole and started again. Well, I never go without coming back with some kind of story to tell. My wife had taken her car into the shop in SLC and I had promised to keep my cell phone on so that I could resolve repair issues if needed. Well, as you could guess, I hooked into the next one (SBW 2a) on your cased caddis and was in the middle of landing him when the cell phone goes off. [frown] Here I am struggling with this big guy and trying to answer and talk on the cell phone. Talked her into giving me a few minutes, landed him, took a rough measure 21-22" (long and skinny) and was in the process of reviving him in about 2ft of water and the cell goes off again. I wade back to shore, thinking that the big guy was going to do just fine and proceeded to discuss the repair issues with the mechanic. Got done and looked over at Sparky and there he was with the big guy (lucky Goldens are soft mouthed). He had to have gone out into the back water of the pool, find him, dive down, and retrieve him to shore. Well I waded out and thru him in the deepest part. Man, I hope he's Ok!!! [:/] Well sure enough the Sparkinator swims out in the middle of my hole, swims around, dives several times, stirring up the bottom, etc. Had to call him back , luckily he didn't find the fish.
Thought that was the end of it but I decided to give the head end of the hole a shot. WOW, after about the 3rd cast I hooked int a beautiful monster. Dark, colorful, every bit as long as the previous, if not longer, but real heavy bodied, even heavier. [shocked] Fought this guy for a long time and noticed I had left my net on the shore. I was able to see he was on your caddis fly!!! He had been doing a lot of surface antics and aerials and I thought I had him beat down so waded to shore to get my net. Well, he came out of the water one last time and thru the fly in my face. %%*&$# Such is life. At least he's still there to try for again. Trouble is, they're going to start the outflow from Echo about Monday and that will pretty much take care of my Weeb fishing until fall. Decided to hang it up and go home for some vino and dinner and sulk about lost fish and car repair expenses.
Final results - Prince 1, SBW caddis 2 - Thanks a bunch Bud. [
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Went to the Weeeb to catch some fishies and try out your cased caddis. Went above Coalvile first and tried to find a section without a lot of fisherman. Ended up in a section that was not my first choice by a long shot and still found fishermen. Didn't like this section, the holes just didn't look very good. Wasn't going to put your caddis on until I found fish, which I didn't, snagged 1 whittie. Decided I was wasting my time so I left and went to my old stomping grounds. Didn't get there till just before 3.
Well, caught 2 more whitties and decided it's time to try your caddis. Put it on below a prince. Caught the first nice one on the prince (SBW 1a). Isn't he good looking? Right at about 20". Went to the next hole and started again. Well, I never go without coming back with some kind of story to tell. My wife had taken her car into the shop in SLC and I had promised to keep my cell phone on so that I could resolve repair issues if needed. Well, as you could guess, I hooked into the next one (SBW 2a) on your cased caddis and was in the middle of landing him when the cell phone goes off. [frown] Here I am struggling with this big guy and trying to answer and talk on the cell phone. Talked her into giving me a few minutes, landed him, took a rough measure 21-22" (long and skinny) and was in the process of reviving him in about 2ft of water and the cell goes off again. I wade back to shore, thinking that the big guy was going to do just fine and proceeded to discuss the repair issues with the mechanic. Got done and looked over at Sparky and there he was with the big guy (lucky Goldens are soft mouthed). He had to have gone out into the back water of the pool, find him, dive down, and retrieve him to shore. Well I waded out and thru him in the deepest part. Man, I hope he's Ok!!! [:/] Well sure enough the Sparkinator swims out in the middle of my hole, swims around, dives several times, stirring up the bottom, etc. Had to call him back , luckily he didn't find the fish.
Thought that was the end of it but I decided to give the head end of the hole a shot. WOW, after about the 3rd cast I hooked int a beautiful monster. Dark, colorful, every bit as long as the previous, if not longer, but real heavy bodied, even heavier. [shocked] Fought this guy for a long time and noticed I had left my net on the shore. I was able to see he was on your caddis fly!!! He had been doing a lot of surface antics and aerials and I thought I had him beat down so waded to shore to get my net. Well, he came out of the water one last time and thru the fly in my face. %%*&$# Such is life. At least he's still there to try for again. Trouble is, they're going to start the outflow from Echo about Monday and that will pretty much take care of my Weeb fishing until fall. Decided to hang it up and go home for some vino and dinner and sulk about lost fish and car repair expenses.
Final results - Prince 1, SBW caddis 2 - Thanks a bunch Bud. [
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