Tuesday, January 17, 2017

January Thaw

If I am to be completely honest... I have skipped quite a number of days when I probably should have fished over the last couple weeks. I know that sounds hilarious too people who actually have a life, but I have the time and instead of sleeping and watching stupid youtube videos I should probably be freezing my ass off and not catching anything. There is only so much time I can spend tying flies in a day before my back says "that's it, you're standing up and walking NOW". I judge that by number of flies rather than minutes and with woolly buggers it seems to start right around three dozen. So today when I had finished two and a half dozen I was done and I went out looking for some, as one of my favorite youtube fisherman William B. Tedrick would say,  feeesh. (Really a cool guy, I highly recommend his videos. They're real, true, workingman's fishing videos.)

There has been a thaw in these parts as of late, so today the streams I fished we ice free. The fish were sluggish but I was still able to find a few. I was relieved to spot two in a stretch of stream that I had thought may have been done in by last summer. Of course it is possible they were fish from farther downstream that had worked their way back up. Regardless, I should have seen more fish than I did in the crystal clear water.



Eventually the Pinkie got eaten well enough that I landed its eater. Just one fish can make a day. The next few days could be even better, especially with more rain tonight into tomorrow. Hopefully I will get to do some real streamer fishing soon.



6 comments:

  1. It looks and feels like Spring in the Northeast, it's January for crying out loud. Give us MORE we will take it. That water looks great and glad you hooked a few.
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  2. Rowan, thanks for sharing your trip. Those of us who don't get as much winter fishing in as you do, appreciate seeing pretty water and colorful fish this time of year. Happy Hook Ups, my friend!

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    1. I try my best to hide it, but the spot in the last photo is the stinkiest most disgusting place I have ever caught trout in.

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  3. We have to take advantage of this thaw and get out and fish!! Winter is not over yet Rowan!Nice job.

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    1. I am busy the next few days... fishing all the time!

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