Saturday, March 14, 2009
The One That Got Away...From the Camera
I fished Accotink Creek briefly this morning and landed a nice rainbow trout, which looked to be about 11" long. Unfortunately, my little finned friend made an untimely dash to freedom during the photographic documentation phase of victory. As I watched him disappear into open water I noted that he could have been 13" or more. Next time I land a 15" rainbow trout I will make sure I get a picture immediately, and I will save it even if it's a little blurry. A 17" rainbow is hard to come by, too bad I couldn't post a picture of a 19" trout this morning -- I was so close.
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Another rule of fishing Matt...they grow over time let me tell you about the 11 pound bass I lost...maybe it was 12....
Dad
Then there is the ever growing monster walleye of 81'...but we won't go there
More Bluegill action this morning.
I suppose my bass popper is really just a strike indicator for my dropper fly, which apparantly represents good eats for gills. No idea what this fly is-- some type of emerger pattern with a red and black body. It works.
As for the bass, my float tube is so relaxing I just can't bring myself to exclusivley target bass when I can pick up gills and wait for bass to feed on the surface. I hope I will have some bass to show for my efforts soon, but I am happy to be catching fish.
I would also note that my broken spinning reel only deepens my commitment to the fly rod. I considered cranking for bass with my baitcaster but a guarantee of at least half a dozen gills with the chance of a bass is hard to turn down.
Hail to the pop-n-drop!
Heard of "pop n fresh" (Pillsbury doboy), but not "pop n drop" whatever floats your float tube,
Dad
Sorry for the made up fly terminology, but after all, it is my blog.
The pop-n-drop refers to my technique of fishing a bass popper with a dropper fly, usually some random wet fly/emerger patter.
Hope that clarifies. If not, remember that the esoteric nature of fly fishing is all part of the appeal.
That's true, and I am just an old red neck bass guy....
D./
Hey, at doesn't get much better than Eastern North Carolina bass fishing
Hit Lake Braddock this morning. Although it was 26 degress I got some nice bluegills.
It may be warm enough to get in the tube in the am. If so, I am throwing streamers and worm pattern flies.
OK, so it was just too cold to get on bass during a short (hour +) morning outing. I did get one tap this morning on my neon green worm pattern fly. Next time I will just break out the spinning rod and cast an actual plastic worm.
Did get a few gills -- frustration is starting to set in. I hope my fixation on the fly rod is not costing me good bass, but I have yet to have a morning with the right conditions.
As we said....this time of year afternoon/evenings might be better as the water is warmer. They will explode soon,
Dad
I've never fished Accotink but would love to do some fishing without driving 2 hours away. Can you recommend a good place to access the creek?
Americana Park just off 236 is the best stream access.
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