Lanark 11/18/06
Posted: November 18th, 2006, 10:03 pm
Cold morning, low water and bright November sun. Time to fish some mud. Decided to look for some new water and spent the first couple hours bouncing from flat to flat. Finally found a spot covered with fish. Singles, doubles and schools of 10 to 20 fish. The fish were pretty nervous and wanted the fly crawling on the bottom. Clean water and light winds made for some spectacular sight fishing. I released a dozen fish here but had shots at least 50.
At 2:00 I headed to a cold water spot that fished well in February. It too was covered with fish. Unfortunately, they refused to eat the little olive and brown clouser that produced in the morning. I needed to get them angry so I tied on a chartreuse toad. The first fish that saw it charged the fly and inhaled it going away. Probably one of the most aggressive strikes I have ever witnessed. Awesome. I was able to convince three more fish to kill the toad before the light angle left me at 3:30.
At 2:00 I headed to a cold water spot that fished well in February. It too was covered with fish. Unfortunately, they refused to eat the little olive and brown clouser that produced in the morning. I needed to get them angry so I tied on a chartreuse toad. The first fish that saw it charged the fly and inhaled it going away. Probably one of the most aggressive strikes I have ever witnessed. Awesome. I was able to convince three more fish to kill the toad before the light angle left me at 3:30.
Looks like you got the touch.