The foam trail that comes out of this white water is a great location to cast. Trout love it! Insects get caught in the foam and make for easy pickings. Sometimes you’ll get fish up in the foam and sometimes deeper. Always be prepared for a hook up! I short line nymph with a tandem setup. Roll casting. Setup~ 1 split shot followed by 15″ of line followed by a #14 flashback hare’s ear another 15″ of line with a #24 bh caddis pupa on the bottom. Cast on both sides of foam trail and allow the flies to go down keeping the fly line out of the water as much as possible. If you are getting moss on your flies every couple casts then you are deep enough to get the fish! Remember… the difference between a good day fishing and not is 6″ along the bottom! Tight Lines!
PM
This year’s Fly Fishing Show at the Alameda County Fair Grounds is coming fast! February 26, 27 & 28, 2010! You won’t want to miss it! With the price of admission one can win Door prizes, get the low-down on local hot spots and worldwide dream destinations, meet world renown fly fisherman and tyers, see casting demonstrations and much much more! maybe you’ll even get a chance to meeet me! Ha! If your lucky of course ;0) Hope to see ya there! PM
I’m sending my nephew Bubba some fly tying materials to take with him to Afghanistan. I feel blessed to be able and help him. Heck, anything to get a little break from the war must be nice! Going in the care package are assorted deer hairs, buckskin, polar fibers, Flash, pearl flash, hooks, Peacock herl, pheasant tails, assorted colors of foam, round rubber for legs, Hen feathers, dyed hen, Turkey feathers, Dubbing, assorted marabou, assorted saddle hackles, mallard flank, and some fly fishing mags and tying instructions. This should hold him over for a while! He already owns the basic tools and vise. Please pray for our military and catch a few fish over there too Bubba! Pictures to come later! PM
There once lived alone on a hill by the lake a man named Bill. Every morning he’d wake and kill a fish and season it with dill.
Alone on the hill and bored with only a steady diet of trout and dill Bill thought, “Is this God’s will?”
One morning at dawn Bill woke up to kill and out on the shore of the lake he spotted a girl. Her name was Nancy. He thought, “Was this an answer to prayer or just chance?, could be.
Right away Bill fixed a plate of trout real fancy to bring to this girl Nancy. Nancy declined Bill’s offer and his human will took over.
Bill killed Nancy and now his meals of trout are not so bland, an answer to prayer he thought, “I’ll be dammed!”
PM (actually much more about free will!, It’s just we often confuse our wants with what God’s Word says and make compromises!)
There is nothing so precious as taking some friends out on the lake for the day and spending it having fun fishing! Little 4 year old Samantha landed her first trout all by herself! I had so much fun watching her reel that big fish in on her tiny pink setup and the proud father sharing the moment. It reminds me how much we need to spend time with our families out having fun. Sure I missed the football games, oh well, I’d trade it again in a second! Tight lines! PM
I’ve been tying these orange humpy patterns for the beginning of the season. They have been my most productive dry in the initial stages of the season. Used African grey feathers for the orange colors, orange thread and yellow superfine dubbing underneath with reddish brown mini hackle. #18 hook. Tight lines! PM
