willard 10-25

[fishskibum]

Went into my happy idiot, legal tender struggle gig and cranked out a few hours of OT to help with fundages to replace some of the gear I left on the bottom of hells 1/2 acre, if it hasn't floated to powell yet
was on the n dyke by noon
54 degrees slight wind chop and im going with cold as the water temp
Didn't see a boat aside from the quackwhackers on the other side till 2ish
Saw the 1st target with a 100 yards
and that would continue rarely having to walk more than that to the next target
Which was good as I was gittin close to 0 fer 20
with most being the slink away to the depths refusals
a few crap, pile cast, linings, which results in the gtfo high speed spook away
Waters pretty murked and the whole games based on sight
so I blew a couple eats and was having a tough time telling whether they were inspecting or dining
and because your throwin over rocks your gonna snag some flies
9 outta 10 you can throw a hard roll cast and unhook
but the great majority of the time that roll cast is gonna make your target
unhappy
poopfish pro tip
2 kinds happy and unhappy
and I haz a hell of a time gittin the unhappy ones to eat
lies were tough yesterday with the majority being up tight on the rocks often breaching and perpendicular to the dyke
Throw in the cursed milk weed and whatevarz that other evil line grabbing podded plant is and sometimes I don't even bother to throw
mostly singles a few pods
eventually I managed to do it all right and puts the bend in the whippy sticks


Having regained the mojo and gitting better lies I think I 8 outta 10ed the next mile
cool thing about the rubber lips is once you sink that barb rarely do they come unstuck

other cool thing is theyre carp
nobody really cares how you handle em or what you do to em
well aside from shooting them with arrows and leaving smelly carcasses to rot
and even then only the latter really bothers me
they are pretty photographic in their own way

and can put a decent fight.

Had no charge in the waterproof Nikon which sucked cause it takes nice pics in situations I don't want to put the phone in

Stuck 3 or 4 on the way back


1st time ive had this happen

colder waters got em fairly lethargic and I throw 1x floro tippet so I was able to git away with it



negative wiper signs seen
cheers anyhow

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[1sthound]

FSBUM,

Looks like a you had a good trip and dialed em in eventually. Looks like a blast with a fly rod got some fun tugs
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[fishskibum]

if ya missed the Jackson Browne reference in the last
well "when the morning light comes streaming in
Git up and do it again"
Shouda taken the boat but $25 to launch a motorless craft is bunk
Should be pay per horsepower and it should be like my np pass and you should be able to give community service, trail building, fish habitat improvement, general clean up etc in exchange for using a launch or at least a veterans discount imho.
Kinda surprised no one was bank fishin the dyke and not surprised the duckwhacker lot was overflowing
an hour earlier a few degrees colder not much wind at the start
In order to remain the most exstreme skier in this community I outta start gittin in shape

after blowing both rotator cuffs I gave this guy up for the sup
but bust em out for shuttles and exercise and well sups season aint quite over
but the consequences of suckin on the sup are now high

good call as way less targets and much more dispersed
Bikes an advantage in covering ground , sitting higher allowed ~ another foot of vis in the water
divantage, movement and noise tend to bring the unhappy slink or bolt away
And youre needing to scan the water and keep an eye on the road
found playas
got sum to eat


swapped out flies to the ballpeen craw aka 4eyed geek
Seems the wider silhouette and mur flash turns more fish off
But the ones that eat it do so con mas mucho gustos


winds cranked up pretty good
and the duckwhackers where certainly getting shots

Made it out to

ive rowed out that far and supped the bear side out in the high water spring, but I never knew there was vehicular access from the back
and it may well be private and limited faik
head wind back sucked
wind tends to bring the suck to fly flinging
some will tell you it causes knots in your line
but truth be told
them are bad casting, possible wind induced or exasperated knots
and good sticks can still attempt and occasionally succeed in putting it where it needs to be in strong winds
and you donts git better by not trying


Not many boats out
1 wake boarder rig a few trollers
did see top water commotion and some nervous water that were most likely wipers both at the start and end of the trip in in the outflow cg corner.
non of the cool kids say tight lines no more if they evar did
bent sticks of hookedupness is what im goin with

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[E-pointer]

Very cool pics! That looks like a ton of fun! This is definitely on my bucket list
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