Big One Got Away

[Terrierman]

10 hours ago, Mitch f said:

 

Sad that both of these fish are dead.

Jester's fish is still swimming AFAIK.  I was yanking your chain about the autopsy.

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

11 hours ago, laker67 said:

Next time you are at taney and they generate big water in a hurry, stand 100 feet below outlet 2 and watch big fish eat clumps of moss floating down stream that have been tore loose by the current. Those clumps of moss are full of sowbugs.

?? Match the hatch???  

[Foghorn]

I'd say you are still ahead of me,but do enjoy the times we get to fish together-especially if Sandy and Susie are a long.

 

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

11 hours ago, laker67 said:

Next time you are at taney and they generate big water in a hurry, stand 100 feet below outlet 2 and watch big fish eat clumps of moss floating down stream that have been tore loose by the current. Those clumps of moss are full of sowbugs.

?? Match the hatch???  

[Mitch f]

2 hours ago, laker67 said:

You're right about the trout Seth. The little ones around a big fish I refer to as body guards. You gently hook and lead them out if they are restricting access to the bigger fish. 

So you primarily sight fish these big ones?

[laker67]

2 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I think there were more big fish to be caught years ago than today.  And a lot less fisherman. What we caught back in the 70’s and 80’s would blow your mind. Most people didn’t believe it and still don’t.   

You should have seen the fish in the outlets back then. 

You're right Pete, at taney and even the trout parks. It was an every day event to stand on the high bank above #2 and see upwards of a hundred big fish. And at the trout parks walk the creek and fish for 30 lunkers each and every day. And there were several more unfishable because of people standing on top of them and not knowing they were there. Wendell Beard and Mike Curry fished taney in the 60's and it might have been even better back then. I think Phil may have fished there with his father back then. Lunkers probably numbered 50 to 1 compared to now.

[laker67]

1 hour ago, Mitch f said:

So you primarily sight fish these big ones?

Yes I do.

[laker67]

1 hour ago, Foghorn said:

I'd say you are still ahead of me,but do enjoy the times we get to fish together-especially if Sandy and Susie are a long.

 

I would hate to bet against you. But somedays them girls make us look bad. 

[Gavin]

Laker can sight fish. A fly rod does that better than anything. It is hunting not fishing. Gotta find a fish you want to catch first. You can bump them in nose our drift one into a trouts mouth after 2-3 adjustments but that’s not any fun. Will put the candy a foot away. The gotta move to eat or it’s just snagging.

[laker67]

6 minutes ago, Gavin said:

Laker can sight fish. A fly rod does that better than anything. It is hunting not fishing. Gotta find a fish you want to catch first. You can bump them in nose our drift one into a trouts mouth after 2-3 adjustments but that’s not any fun. Will put the candy a foot away. The gotta move to eat or it’s just snagging.

You're right Gavin, trying to force feed one is the worst thing you can do. Most fish won't stand for that. You have to let it be their idea to eat your fly.