Fishing Report, Not Catching...

[jah]

My very pregnant wife and I decided to spend the day fishing at Tan Vat before we start back at school tomorrow (we're both teachers) and have our baby in February. It was beautiful, temps in the upper 40s, bluebird sky, and gin clear water. Too bad these conditions made the catching tough. We brought zero to hand...yes, zero. It was amazing, though, the number of fish leaping out of the water today. As much as I fish the Current, this is only the second time I have seen so many fish rising. It was the mayflies that turned them on, so I had on a tiny Adams all day. Lots of hits, but I was paying more attention to helping my wife than to my fly, so I missed every one. She had one almost to the net on an egg, and missed two more on an Adams. Nothing else worked, and I mean nothing. No midges, emergers, nymphs, eggs, stones, dynamite, etc. The only thing they wanted were the Adams. Weird. Maybe should have tried a soft hackle, but I really don't know how to fish them. Add weight? Can I use a dropper?

We did see something amazing, though. Just below the chute at Tan Vat, we saw dirt falling off this high bank by the overhanging tree and into the water. We kept staring at the bank, trying to see what it was. It was a massive snake with most of his head in a hole on the side of this dirt bluff. He emerged once or twice, and he was BIG and slow moving. The color was light brown (exactly dirt colored), and it was unbelievably camoflauged (sp). Does anyone have any idea what kind of snake this may have been? It sure didn't look like the typical snake I have seen down there.

Sorry for no pics, but there was nothing to take a picture of....aside from the well hidden snake.

Jim

[MaxDrown]

We had the same experience on 12/31. A beautiful day, but few fish caught.