Report 7-14

[TroutRinger]

First off, I could not have asked for a more beautiful day and the stream was clear and cool. My friend and I decided to sleep in a little so we did not get on the water until about 7:30. The first things I noticed were the small number of people and the enormous number of trout. I have never seen so many outside the hatchery. There were so many trout that it actually made catching them harder. Countless times, just as one trout was following my lure ready to bite another trout would run into my line and both would get spooked. I guess that is a good problem though? Anyway, the fish were finicky as usual. I caught 3 early on using white rubber-leg jigs but only 1 was worth keeping. I kept throwing Rubber-Legs in various colors for about an hour without much success so I swicthed to a weightless light-blue and white trout worm and on the first cast landed a nice 18 incher. Just casted it out and let it drift. That pattern worked for the rest of the day. I did add a small weight if it there was some swift current. Bottom line is that when those trout get lazy, like they usually do in the summer, it is hard to be a trout worm.