First Boat Trip To The White

[Nighthawk]

fishing pal Dave Tucker and i hit the river yesterday morning full of expectations for a wading trip. whoops. 25 mw projected was actually two units running. luckily we brought my boat which we launched at wildcat. between there and the narrows, we caught fish all day. not great numbers, but several great looking wild browns. the caddis hatch was not to be believed. millions of bugs being eaten by thousands of trout. a true spectacle. copper dun midge was the fly of choice. the fish we caught were fatter than the town dog.

[Ham]

Very nice!

[Nortrad]

You go Russ! Way to go guys.

[Addicted to Creeks]

sounds like a great trip!

[Hogs on the Fly]

Nice pic!

[creekin bassnerd]

That's a beautiful fish! I'm heading up to Sylamore access this weekend to drift fish in a boat, can you tell me how deep you had to drift the midge to get bit? Did you need a bunch of weight on your leader to get it down? I don't have a lot of fly fishing experience, but would like to give it a go this weekend. Any tips you can give to increase my chances of hooking up, I would greatly appreciate. thanks a bunch.

[Tom Tricamo]

Nice fish! What type of boat were you using, I'd you don't mind me asking?

[Nighthawk]

creekin, we were fishing deep, maybe 8 or 9 feet below the indicator, dead drift. no weight except the tungsten bead on the fly. learn to mend your line up to keep from getting drag on your fly. by that i mean flip your line loop upstream when it starts to bow downstream. tom, just an old 16' 1970 rich line v-bottom, with 2007 25 hp yamaha.

[creekin bassnerd]

Thanks for the tips Nighthawk! I really appreciate it. Definitely need to improve my line mending.