Rainbow
I fished yesterday, the day before too. Hoping to get in on a straggler PMD hatch, I got Tricos instead. I ended up swinging a soft hackle. The fish liked it.
Yesterday, I was up at dawn, feeling my way to the river through the smoke. The water looked good. No bugs though. Well of course not, it was too early. No matter. A few inviting runs begged for a streamer. All I had was my three weight. Oh, what the hell. I found a streamer leader tapered with ten pound Maxima. A single, lowly conehead muddler was keeping the Humpy's company in a dry fly box. I tied it on. This is what I got.....
Then the fishing got good.........
Lester
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling the Conehead Muddler was a pattern you hadn't used lately. Swinging the hackle proved productive for me the other day as well. I assume the weather is getting cooler out there now, making for some good fishing weather. Thanks for sharing
Still bright and toasty out here Bill, but cooler days are coming. I was neither planning on, or prepared to fish the conehead, but the fish were in the mood to chase and eat. So, I stuck with it and was rewarded with a productive morning.
Deletevery pretty fish Les..nice job
ReplyDeleteThanks Mike. I played with the idea of putting the images together into a triptych, but they didn't quite match up. Still a pretty fish though.
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