Some trout are geniuses. Or some days they just seem like it. Their is a particular deep bend pool that I usually would have fished already by this time of year, but today I had time and remembered it. I like this pool because it is deep and cold, and often seems to be the only good spot on the entire stream. I also like it because it's flat calm surface and picky fish challenge my abilities. Today I couldn't nail them down. I had a few hopper takes, one on a soft hackle, and two on sulfur parachutes. Nothing that seemed like a good decision panned out. Ants, small emergers, and tiny nymphs that float within inches of the surface failed to take anything. Fishing is tough when the fish earn PHD's
A few other spots on a different river gave up fall fish and smallmouth, but that was nothing spectacular.
You should be studying!
ReplyDeleteI was... but not for school.
DeleteGuess they must have been feeding before you got there. That's what I tell myself when I'm not catching anything. Those PHD's have to eat at some point.
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Thanks,
DeleteThey were feeding while I was there, I just couldn't figure out what they were feeding on.