Thursday, January 31, 2013

24 hours later

Almost all of the ice was gone when I returned to the stream today.  Unfortunately, the change in the stream condition clearly did not translate into an increase in fish activity.  With the water now flowing somewhat dirty, I fished much further downstream than yesterday but was only able to attract one fish.  It took the fly twice and fortunately was hooked on its second strike.  A quick photo and back to the 38 degree water it went.






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6 comments:

  1. ColJanuary 31, 2013 at 6:05 PM

    welldone on getting a fish always difficult in waters carrying snow melt.

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    1. RKMJanuary 31, 2013 at 6:35 PM

      Thanks. I hope that was the case. It's a nice little stream, one that I'd really like to discover holds a good amount of wild brookies.

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  2. Brk TrtFebruary 1, 2013 at 8:40 AM

    Much credit is given. It was warmer, but those winds.
    Nicely done.

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    1. RKMFebruary 1, 2013 at 4:54 PM

      Since you almost can't cast on much of this stream, the wind turned out to be not an issue. The lack of activity, on the other hand, was!

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  3. MarkWFebruary 1, 2013 at 10:14 PM

    I wouldn't judge based on a warm day after a thaw. The snow melt can really cool things off and higher water can put the fish in odd places. Warmer weather will provide a better test. Nice job getting out there and catching one. Where there's one there's more !!!

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