There are some easy to make mistakes in fishing. One of them is catching a nice fish right away when there isn't an obvious and sustained bite in progress. Perhaps you make that first cast and catch a good one. Or maybe you make the first drift in the boat down a decent looking line before you really know what's happening and nail a nice fish. It's probably all downhill from there. I made that error last week. Noah and I set out looking for some good bass, and on the first drift I stuck a nice one on a beast fly fishing a 400 grain sink tip. She wasn't much over 30 inches but she was a perfect fly rod fish and fought fabulously. We thought we were in, that every drift would give up one or two really nice fish...
That was both the beginning and the end of that success. We didn't put another sizable fish in the boat all evening. So let that be a word of caution... be careful how soon you catch a really good fish.
Until next time,
Fish for the love of fish.
Fish for the love of places fish live.
Fish for you.
And stay safe and healthy.
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Edited by Cheyenne Terrien
Better to catch on your first drift than not at all! However, when that happensI tend to waste time looking for more fish rather than moving on to the next spot.
ReplyDeleteThat's certainly true. Annoyingly the fish were there, they just wouldn't commit to anything unlike that first one.
DeleteHAhahahaha.
ReplyDeleteGood to see Rangeley Hat No. 2 is wearing well. Next time you're there, please thank the kind lady who searched every nook and cranny of their stock room for the last blue-billed model.
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