Micro Jigging with the Fly Rod in the Narrows

[Seth]

Footage is from the weekend before last. I caught 20 rainbows in a couple hours that morning using a 1/100 gold head olive micro jig that I tied up below a float on the fly rod. Never caught anything big, but had lots of action that morning. This was the first time in a few years that I had actually used the fly rod so my flyrodsmanship was a bit rusty. Dad was in the back of the boat using an orange head brown body micro on a spinning rod and holding his own as well.

 

 

[JestersHK]

Nice video buddy.   Love the chip munk sounds lol.  

We're you throwing to midging fish, or could you just see them schooled up? Seems like you had really fast hook ups.

[Seth]

1 hour ago, JestersHK said:

Nice video buddy.   Love the chip munk sounds lol.  

We're you throwing to midging fish, or could you just see them schooled up? Seems like you had really fast hook ups.

Both. There were a lot of fish midging on the shallow gravel point at the upper end of the rip rap bank closet to the narrow channel in a few feet of water, but there were also some big hoards of stockers hanging out between the two rip rap banks. When the wind got to blowing hard enough to put a good chop on the surface, it didn't seem to matter where you threw and you got bit. The takes were also much more aggressive when the wind was blowing versus when things were calm.

[CLoyd]

Great video!!!  I was on the water the same morning throwing to midging fish just above there around Lookout Island.  Probably passed you on the way down.

[Seth]

10 hours ago, CLoyd said:

Great video!!!  I was on the water the same morning throwing to midging fish just above there around Lookout Island.  Probably passed you on the way down.

I did really well with a jig the evening before in the Lookout eddy when the water was running. The current really pushes those fish in to that area and the boat will stay put fairly well without much work on the trolling motor.

[CLoyd]

6 hours ago, Seth said:

I did really well with a jig the evening before in the Lookout eddy when the water was running. The current really pushes those fish in to that area and the boat will stay put fairly well without much work on the trolling motor.

Yeah, there's some bigger one's in that hole too.  I've been having some luck throwing small wooly buggers into it when the water's off.