03-30-2011, 02:36 AM
I want to second the "its running high" comment.
I stopped to look at the Weber today. It was getting a little chilly and the water was off colored and very high. In a back eddy across the stream fish were rising. Actually splashing. With the depth of the water and volume wading was out of the question. It took me 10 minutes to decided on what I thought would work as a baetis/midge emerger and another 20 minutes to decide how I was going to get the fly across 30-35 feet of stream with at least two different current speeds between me and the fish.
I'm happy to say that I got the fly over to the fish and got a strike. I missed the set. I was unable to get another strike in the next 15 minutes as I probably spooked them with the difficult cast into the wind.
But it was worth the time! Nothing quite like it.
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I stopped to look at the Weber today. It was getting a little chilly and the water was off colored and very high. In a back eddy across the stream fish were rising. Actually splashing. With the depth of the water and volume wading was out of the question. It took me 10 minutes to decided on what I thought would work as a baetis/midge emerger and another 20 minutes to decide how I was going to get the fly across 30-35 feet of stream with at least two different current speeds between me and the fish.
I'm happy to say that I got the fly over to the fish and got a strike. I missed the set. I was unable to get another strike in the next 15 minutes as I probably spooked them with the difficult cast into the wind.
But it was worth the time! Nothing quite like it.
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