Tater
08-05-2010, 06:58 PM
I fished the Caney this afternoon, at Happy Hollow. They stopped generating today at 11am and I arrived at the river around 1:30pm. The river was dropping slowly and was covered with diving swallows and a thick blanket of fog.
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I was using my 7.5ft 4wt fly rod with 5x tippet tied to a size 20 black WD40. Within my first couple of casts I had a strike but was not paying attention. A couple of casts later I hooked and landed a small brown trout. The fog was so thick at times, it made it difficult to see the tip of your rod or the approaching boats. I continued to miss a couple of more small trout. Then the swallows let up and the fish stopped rising. So I tied on a size 12 Elk hair caddis dropping the same WD40 on 6x tippet. I moved a little closer to the opposite bank where I could hear fish rising. A couple of casts and mends later the caddis went down and I set the hook on what I thought was an average size trout. As I brought the fish closer it kept getting bigger and bigger. After multiple head shakes and some small runs, I was able to slide the net under the large brown trout. I moved towards the bank to photograph the fish.
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While reviving him I saw a small otter playing in the backwater. I finished the day with a small stocker size rainbow.
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A GREAT DAY ON THE WATER!!
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj90/taterflyflinger/DSC02981.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj90/taterflyflinger/DSC02984.jpg
I was using my 7.5ft 4wt fly rod with 5x tippet tied to a size 20 black WD40. Within my first couple of casts I had a strike but was not paying attention. A couple of casts later I hooked and landed a small brown trout. The fog was so thick at times, it made it difficult to see the tip of your rod or the approaching boats. I continued to miss a couple of more small trout. Then the swallows let up and the fish stopped rising. So I tied on a size 12 Elk hair caddis dropping the same WD40 on 6x tippet. I moved a little closer to the opposite bank where I could hear fish rising. A couple of casts and mends later the caddis went down and I set the hook on what I thought was an average size trout. As I brought the fish closer it kept getting bigger and bigger. After multiple head shakes and some small runs, I was able to slide the net under the large brown trout. I moved towards the bank to photograph the fish.
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj90/taterflyflinger/DSC03012.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj90/taterflyflinger/DSC03007.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj90/taterflyflinger/DSC03005.jpg
While reviving him I saw a small otter playing in the backwater. I finished the day with a small stocker size rainbow.
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj90/taterflyflinger/DSC03024_2.jpg
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj90/taterflyflinger/DSC03020.jpg
A GREAT DAY ON THE WATER!!