Good wade fishing river access near Fenton

[jdmidwest]

12 hours ago, jb1976 said:

meh...I sometimes think that more people have such low success because they overthink fishing, and try to make it a lot harder than it really is. At the end of the day, we're trying to fool a creature with a brain the size of a pea into biting a hook that looks like something they may want to eat. I don't fish for trout so I can't really speak to how super wary and nervous fish react to what may be the first human they've ever seen on the isolated, undisturbed mountain stream at the end of an overgrown forestry service road cutting through the mountains. I can say that if fish were so upset by human activity that they refused to eat, there would be no fish at any of the places like Kingston Access, Rockford Beach, Amidon CA yada yada yada. I can also say that I've seen plenty of decent sized fish milling about aimlessly in the middle of a stream channel among drunken beach goers who are not the least bit concerned with whether or not they are upsetting said fish. As far as debris, I'm sure that for every person who agrees with you, there will be another person who will give you a lengthy dissertation on the San Juan Shuffle. My general approach is not so much to worry about what direction I'm heading as it is scouting ahead and having a plan to work whatever section of stream looks promising.  I generally try to read the water to determine current, flow structure and the like along a given stretch, figure out the best spot to stand and work that stretch and then try to get myself to that spot as discreetly as I can. Fish that are located behind structure in the middle of the stream bed may be likely to be facing upstream,  but I've caught plenty working close to the banks, and I'm not so convinced those fish are facing a particular direction given how many of them I have watched dart straight out from the shadows. 

All of that being said, for full disclosure, I am by no means a professional or tournament fisherman, and I just don't take my fishing serious enough to worry too much about those things. I'm out there to relax, and simply exist in the moment. I'm a noisy wader no matter how much I try not to be, a marginal fly caster on my best day, and very rarely give too much thought to what color I'm going to throw in the water, and despite that, I feel that I still manage to do okay way more often than not.

Matching the hatch is all that matters if you want a little wiggle on the other end of the line.

[Gavin]

Think this is the same guy Trolling & talking to himself. White Snoop? 

[Tobey]

10 hours ago, Gavin said:

Think this is the same guy Trolling & talking to himself. White Snoop? 

What??

[jb1976]

1 minute ago, Tobey said:

What??

I was just thinking the same thing. Maybe the idea that if you don't take fishing too seriously, or that it just isn't THAT hard, is blasphemy. 

[jb1976]

11 hours ago, jdmidwest said:

Matching the hatch is all that matters if you want a little wiggle on the other end of the line.

Unfortunately for me, I'm not smart enough and don't get enough sleep at night to be able to figure that out. Fortunately for me, I don't really target trout, so that simplifies my fly selection quite a bit.

[Tobey]

30 minutes ago, jb1976 said:

Unfortunately for me, I'm not smart enough and don't get enough sleep at night to be able to figure that out. Fortunately for me, I don't really target trout, so that simplifies my fly selection quite a bit.

Yes the bass seem to be a little less picky!  I'm hoping to get out Saturday morning, thinking about trying Castor this time.  I just hope the water levels and clarity will be back to normal by then.  Have you done any fishing in Joachim creek around the Desoto area?

[Jeff Maberry]

I have been there a couple times, you do have to walk a little bit from the parking lot to get to the water.there is usually a few people swimming close to the trail but a little walk up or down and it is usually pretty quiet.

[Tobey]

6 minutes ago, Jeff Maberry said:

I have been there a couple times, you do have to walk a little bit from the parking lot to get to the water.there is usually a few people swimming close to the trail but a little walk up or down and it is usually pretty quiet.

Catch any bass??