Long leaders, tiny flies and rising trout. This is what I remember about my first few years as a trout angler in southeast Minnesota and I was fortunate enough to catch it again yesterday. Nothing except my daughter (she’s 14 months old now) is as challenging to film and photograph …
I call it “the show” and it started in earnest at 1:35pm and lasted until roughly 3pm today under sunny skies and an air temp of 61°F. I arrived at 11am and put on a very lightly weighted streamer for the hike downstream. Wet wading season is finally here and …
I managed to get out for a few hours this afternoon and so did everyone else… I fished up slop from a couple guys travelling quite a bit a ways from home. No big deal. I was more out just to be outside in the woods enjoying a bit of …
[singlepic id=3371 w=320 h=240 float=right] This went down yesterday. Arrival time 1pm, departure ~7:30pm. The Grey Caddis had been going for a while when we arrived, I bet on the nicer days with low winds/higher air temps (55°F+) they’d kick off maybe as early as 10/11am. They were going basically all …
[singlepic id=3358 w=320 h=240 float=right] I fished for some portion of each day following the opener on the first. Fished different water and saw Grey Caddis and Baetis coming off regularly. The Grey Caddis kicked in most days around the 12-1pm range and continued to bring trout up through the …
[singlepic id=2494 w=340 h=260 float=right] I woke at 5am, assessed the estimated rainfall totals for the night before and made coffee. I wasn’t in a hurry, thought I might find chocolate milk and not in the fridge if you know what I mean. I drove by my initial location but the …
I am the oldest of three, recently I took my younger brother fly fishing for trout. We discussed the idea of him spin fishing but after explaining the challenge of fly fishing and accepting that a first day on the fly might result in few fish if any (for either …
[singlepic id=1644 w=360 h=280 float=right] Notes and Observations: On stream arrival at ~3:45pm, fished until 7:30pm Water Clarity: Stained but Very Fishable Air Temp: ~73 Degrees Streamer Fishing Produced Little, Again… Bummed to Find Fields of Garlic Mustard Trout Rising until 5:30pm, A Storm Blew In Fly Fishing a SERIOUSLY Deep …
Notes and Observations: On stream around 3:30pm, fished for ~2hrs. Air Temp: ~60 Degrees Water Clarity: Stained but Very Fishable. Sporadic Rising with a few Grey Caddis about. SMB Streamer Fishing, Lost 2 Brown’s above 15in. [singlepic id=1637 w=495 h=415 float=center] [nggallery id=123]
[singlepic id=1590 w=360 h=280 float=right] The day started as the previous few have. On the water around 8:45am, early enough to ensure I got a front row seat to any and all mid-day bug activity but not so early as to have me shivering stream-side. This spring has been exceptional …
