2010 Spring Open Water Reports n Ramblings

[Dark Cloud]

Heres a few picts from saturday...

Daybreak...

First fish, small but cute...

If anyone needs a ladder, I found one.

First flowers of the year...

A couple nice ones...

Ray - I have been reading tons about bamboo! I cant wait to fish the one im working on. Probably be another week or so...

[Fullmoon]

Sounds great DC. As always, anything I've got, you're welcome to take. Can't wait to see the finished rod and hear how it works. I have my first production run of the fly rods I spec'd out. Very nice for the money. Have to letyou and tank try one out and give me your opinion. Just the start of things to come!

[Dark Cloud]

Tank did a number on some trout today so Beth and I went for a few hours after dinner today. We had a nice time and picked a half dozen fish...

She dosnt like trying to grab trout...

This one got educated and returned...

[augustwest]

Thanks for letting us know you shower Timmy

[Dark Cloud]

Thanks for letting us know you shower Timmy

Now thats funny...

Heres a "timmy" post when he hasn't fished in a while especially...

Hey Guys. Call ya later Todd. Had a double headder up in Boonville last night. Second game was close. Talked to Mike hes getting the boat ready. Took a long shower. Im hungry. Rosa made riggies last night but her van has a rattle in the right front end. I'll take it over to the shop at lunch time. Tuzzy is in the office now. He's doing well. Looks like I have games all week. Keep after the fish guys, maybe i'll be able to fish next weekend. Talk to ya later Todd.

[Fishingking]

Originally Posted By: augustwest

Thanks for letting us know you shower Timmy

Now thats funny...

Heres a "timmy" post when he hasn't fished in a while especially...

Hey Guys. Call ya later Todd. Had a double headder up in Boonville last night. Second game was close. Talked to Mike hes getting the boat ready. Took a long shower. Im hungry. Rosa made riggies last night but her van has a rattle in the right front end. I'll take it over to the shop at lunch time. Tuzzy is in the office now. He's doing well. Looks like I have games all week. Keep after the fish guys, maybe i'll be able to fish next weekend. Talk to ya later Todd.

HAHA

[Dark Cloud]

Tank and I hit the creek at daybreak this morning and had a good time catching a bunch of 11-14 inch browns for a couple hours. I had the camera but killed the battery trying to get some video. Lesson learned but I did get one clip...

[Dark Cloud]

Anyone fish today? We wandered the creeks for the morning and picked a half dozen trout. 35 degrees and windy, a far cry from 80 and sunny two days ago...

[Thunderman]

Nice vid DC and colorful brown also .

Today I got the chef out of the kitchen and went crappie hunting and found quite a few cooperative fish not monsters by any means but nice crappies .It was windy today enough to pull the lund off anchor a few times but had a good time also caught a few gills, perch and some golden shiners.

[CNY Lee]

Tell Chef that I tried texting him to come over for the fight (that we never had because not enough people). I think I'll finally be able to get the boat out of the back yard tomorrow or Tuesday, I'm so mad because I wanted to add a new live-well pickup, recirculator and an Oxygenator plus work on some more wires.

I fished some on Saturday but was a bum today. LOL

[CNYFrank]

I was exactly 2.7 miles down the road when you sent the text out . . . tried to find your house but looked like no cars . . . or wrong house. Lots of birds down the street . . .

[CNY Lee]

Sorry about that Frank, we tried to do it but everybody bailed on us and we are pretty mad because they always say yes but never show or change their minds right at the last minute.

Those birds put the slip on me for a week last year, I know 2 of them are 3 years old or older and you can see that the younger tom just goes up in strut for a second and then kind of walks away then comes back and does it again hoping for some lady to follow him. LOL I see them every morning and every night, they aren't shy and come close to the road and one of them has a broken right spur but the one on his left is a wicked HOOK.

I'm torn up this year between turkey or walleye's seeing how they both fall on the say day, I'm almost thinking about hunting on Saturday and fishing Oswego Sunday night with Monday off to recover... LOL

[CNYFrank]

I saw the general direction they were going on the ride back . . . looks like the treeline makes for a good set up. Opening weekend I'll be in New Mexico, so the following weekend . . . watch out!!

[Dark Cloud]

Tank did a number on a bunch of trout today.

Beth and I went after dinner so I could test out my newly finished bamboo rod. Just some local stockies but im quite happy with the rod!

[Dark Cloud]

Beth and I went for a ride after dinner, my vest and new rod just happen to be in the car too. And the we somehow stumbled into some riseing trout.

No bugs in the air and the way they were feeding I could tell they were eating something in the surface film. Ended up getting 4 trout on a size 18 emerger pattern fished on the surface.

This nice one got a free pass. Tank fished this am and got into a bunch of fish also...

[Thunderman]

Nice fish jay are you getting use to that bamboo rod is there much weight difference from graphite?

[Dark Cloud]

Im used to it just fine.

Actually "most" bamboo rods of equal length and line ratings to thier graphite counterparts are only ounces heavier. But they can feal heavy if not balanced with the right reel. Modern reels can make bamboo feel tip heavy. Older mass produced rods can be real dogs, and gave bamboo a label of being heavy. Also some longer 3 pieces rods tend to be heavier.

Matching the right line to the rod is critical. It makes a difference with any rod but seems to matter more with bamboo. I had a few lines here that didnt cast bad but I found one that casts noticably better...

[Dark Cloud]

Opening day of PA trout season today so we headed south and found plenty of trout in our favorite ditch. Actually more people and fish than we have seen in a long time down there and it was nice to see kids catching...

Nice brookie...

Is that a troll or Tank workin a trout?

A rainbow with Tank relaxin on the other side...

[iceman1603]

Great pics and stories guys. Keep up the good work!!! Ive been out once working the trout. Managed 1 14"er in the over fished stream in beutiful down town Munnsville. Its noce to go in behind all the ding bats and catch some decent fish.

[Dark Cloud]

Calli - Nice to see your kicking around. Seems like everyone else crawled under a rock when the ice went away.

We fished this morning again. Worked alot of water but still did well. Low and clear water plus beat down fish by hoards of yahoos made for earned fish today. Think we landed about 10...

[Dark Cloud]

We went down to camp yesterday afternoon and found some trout. Tank went up the local creek with his cousin while I hit my favorite rift on the big river. I fished for 3 hours wihout so much as a bump. There was a good caddis hatch happening but I never do well on caddis down there and im not sure why?

About 6ish some hendricksons started showing up and I went to my emerger pattern and was into a fish shortly after. Just a 14 inch rainbow but those wild fish down there are something special. They jump alot and use the current to thier advantage.

I picked up 3 more rainbows in the 12-13 inch range in the next hour then got busted off on abig fish. She was definatly in the 20 inch range. Things quieted down but I missed a few and landed this fat brown.

This morning was quiet. No bugs = no fish! Tank did get some more up in the creek then we headed home around noon...

Heres a pict of the rift. Big water but you just have to break it down. 80% of the fish are usually in 20 percent of the water. Each rift always has 1-2 prime sections...

[iceman1603]

spent a few hrs on eatonbrook in the kayak...brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr its cold out there, and no fish!

Hey Chris, When you get a chance Gimme a call please. 315-440-5462 cell or 315-875-5426 home. If I dont anser one i should answer the other.

Thanks

cali

[Dark Cloud]

Ok, ok yesterday was absolutely beutifull, no way I was the only on that fished?

Beth and I headed down to camp in the afternoon and I hit my fav rift for the afternoon evening...

Brought her a chair, cooler with snacks/drinks, nintendo, and a book - not gonna find a better place to relax in the sun...

Quite a few caddis in the air when we got there and they were off and on real heavy the rest of the day. I have always struggled during caddis hatches, just never found a fly or technique that I had confidece in. Yesterday that changed. I read alot on how caddis hatch and I came up with a fly. Every species of caddis hatch differnt but the main ones now emerge off the bottom with fully developed wings and are strong swimmers, useing thier wings but mostly paddle like legs. They get to the surface with gusto and have no problem getting through the film like some mayflies and they take flight almost emediatly. Thats why you wont see much surface feeding from the trout till they return to lay eggs and die. Too much energy is expended taking them from the surface during emergence but they pluck em off as the swim up.

(maybe a little long winded but its raining and I feel like typing )

Caddis have no tail like a mayfly do, so I tied up some no-tail tan hares ear bodys with a full laid back tan wing. Some with a little green in the body to represent the "apple" caddis that are hatching now. I fished em dead drifted but mostly with a down and accross swing, my favorite way to fish flies as the strike is awesome. Ended up landing 5 and missing double that. Two guys accross from me got one.

No "big" fish but nice healthy strong wild fish...

This guys been caught before...

Snowing caddis...

Heres a little video. Next time i'll bring the good camera as lighting was great but glare off the water was brutal. The fish jumps three times just off screen. I somehow forgot my net...

[CNY Tim]

Jay nice posts and I enjoyed the video.. Todd and I got out for some nice gills in the rain 3 hrs . We caught the ones Tuzzy left behind yesterday We had a blast..

[CNY Lee]

Nice fish guys.. I've been busy with getting the boat ready, kids with school, scouting some turkeys and I did get out yesterday and today for some Crappies and I killed them. I was by myself so I didn't get any pictures but I did snap a few when I got home and they are HUGE.