Members MikeH Posted January 21, 2015 Members Posted January 21, 2015 Went down to Baptist yesterday sun up to sun down. While the river wasn't as crazy low and clear as it has been it is still awfully low. I had a new articulated pattern I've been tying to test out so I started out chucking that. Caught about a half dozen doing that including one decent brown until I decided to head back to the car and shed a few layers. I switched out the six for my nymph rod back at the car. I did pretty well. The stockers especially liked the rainbow warrior I had on a dropper a foot up from my point fly. Then I caught this big guy. I was nymphing through a hole with a lot of structure. My sighter just stopped. I didn't feel a tug or anything. I've lost about a billion flies to snags in this hole and I figured that's what had just happened. I raised my rod to pull my nymphs out of the snag and see brownzilla come flying upstream with my flies. It was quite a fight to keep it out of all the down timber but eventually I got where I could net it. My sister got me a nice new net for Christmas but its kind of small. After failed netting attempt number one it got a second wind. I try again and no dice, its just not going to fit. The river bottom drops right off where I was so I had to get it down stream to shallower water and attempt to wrangle it. I finally get the fish to hand measure it against my rod, snap a pic and release it real quick. I was worried I over worked it, and not too happy about beaching it in the shallows but after holding it in the current a few seconds it shot back down into the hole I caught it out of. Hopefully it's still swimming in there getting bigger. I caught plenty more but that's the last one I remember or really care about. -Mike
Johnsfolly Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 Great fish and story. Were you fishing upstream between Baptist and Tan Vat or downstream of Baptist? MikeH 1
Members trout newby Posted January 21, 2015 Members Posted January 21, 2015 Awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Gene K Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 Reading a good fishing story always make the work day a bit better! ciao
Members MikeH Posted January 21, 2015 Author Members Posted January 21, 2015 Great fish and story. Were you fishing upstream between Baptist and Tan Vat or downstream of Baptist? I was downstream. I ended up wading way past Ashley. Bush whacking is a little easier in the winter so I was able to get past where I usually have to turn around. -Mike
Johnsfolly Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 Mike, There's a lot of good water around Ashley. Did you catch any smallmouth? I usually would catch a couple even in Jan/Feb below the cabin downstream from the confluence with Ashley.
Plastic_worm Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Great story, beautiful fish!! YT - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5T_lKUH3gVkxSraJWUVzoQ FB - https://www.facebook.com/looknfishy Blog - http://looknfishy.blogspot.com/ IG - https://www.instagram.com/looknfishy/
brittsnbirds Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 How about pics of the 2 fly's your talking about?? Thanks for the story, always good to read these rather than the news!!
Members MikeH Posted January 22, 2015 Author Members Posted January 22, 2015 Mike, There's a lot of good water around Ashley. Did you catch any smallmouth? I usually would catch a couple even in Jan/Feb below the cabin downstream from the confluence with Ashley. I caught a little one and a few sunfish. I've always thought about bringing a popper and working my way up Ashley while I'm there. How about pics of the 2 fly's your talking about?? Thanks for the story, always good to read these rather than the news!! I'll get a pic of them and the fly I caught the big brown on. -Mike
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