Report 10/30

[Paola Cat]

Fished the river on 10/30. Rolled into the BSP public access at about 7:00 AM. It was cold .... in the low 30s and I had to wear the neoprene gloves to start. Wade fished until 4:30 PM. Started off slow. Brought to hand 4 rainbows in the first hour and a half on standard nymphs and SJWs. Finally located a large concentration of fish downstream from the last boat ramp. The fish were on a deep flat (6-8 ft) and very active in the morning. Took fish on almost every cast for around 2.5 hours stripping an olive leech. Went over to the park to look for Brittsnbirds (Pat). Found Pat and we headed back to the river. Fished the same spot and caught a few more on the leech. Took a couple more on the walk back on a large stone fly nymph with a BH zug bug dropper. All rainbows today in the 10-14" range. No SMBs and no brownies. Beautiful day, good fishing, saw the eagles again, and it was good to get a day away from work. The leaves on the water were kind of a pain again. Looking forward to going again. PC

[fishinwrench]

What the heck were those fish doing down there in that slick-water weed hole ? I fished the access area Wed. afternoon/evening (after getting my butt kicked further down) and could barely squeeze 3 little bows out of it. I'm so used to them piling up below the riffles it never occured to me to fish the slow deep holes further down. Good job PC...and thanks for the lesson.

Ya know... the last high water event filled those riffles in with gravel, and they aren't holding fish like they used to. At least that's my excuse until I learn it all over again.

Learned something about those eagles the other morning that I'll share with ya.........DO NOT continue walking/wading while watching the eagle fly over...STOP, watch eagle, then continue wading along. The eagle was very graceful, I was less so. John Gierach would have been proud.

[oneshot]

Iseen about 4 or 5 Guys in there the other day.I don't wade fish so I couldn't get over there.

Went yesterday,got caught in the rain.I was doing pretty good until a bolt of lightning hit by me said its time to go.Glad I did I get home hear about all the kids getting hit in Buffalo.

oneshot

[Paola Cat]

Wrench .... yeah it was slow action in the normal spots (faster water and the tailouts). I just kept walking downstream from the last boat ramp. I waded on down past the island and finally found the fish just past the island in those slow deep holes out from the west bank. The fish were mid to upper in the water column in probably 6-8' feet of water. I was essentially standing in the middle of the river and casting to the west bank (deeper water). The fish were aggressive and hit the leech on almost every cast. They didn't hit it on the strip .... but hit it when you stopped. PC

[brittsnbirds]

FYI, I got schooled. PC kicked my butt down there on the river. I caught 1 while he was hooking up every other cast. I was using a true olive MHL as he was using a yellow olive unit. He felt sorry and gave me one but it was too late he already ripped their lips off. He definitely had the pattern and presentation. It was rather entertaining watching him.

Pat

[fishinwrench]

Right on ! Since you pointed me in the right direction I haven't visted that particular spot but I have worked over a few similar spots, quite a bit further downstream. There's a definate pattern there in those slow deep pools that is way more consistent than the riffle/tailout areas, and the fish are notably grouped up in "pods" ... just like you said. You'da Man !

They won't eat MY leeches, but I am using my trusty Hotwire Muddler on a sink tip to find'em, and then switching over to a soft hackle when they quit chasing the muddler. Still no Browns (except for one skinny little 12 incher), but at least I'm into some fish now. THANKS !