Hello all and thanks for checking in at the O’Grady Fly
Fishing Adventures. Now I know it has been a few weeks since my last post and I
wanted to let you know why. In my many years of acquiring so much knowledge and
ever changing truths, maybe the best way for me to pontificate is by using the “glass
half full” mantra. About the time we got
back from Hawaii the fish on our river began to make their way out of their
winter holding spots and were either eating or spawning. Now I have given my
personal opinion on spawning fish in the past and ask people to think of fish
as their friends, and if their friend’s wives were only in the mood once a
year, wouldn’t they do everything they could to stay out of their way. Over the
last few weeks on the river I have had a great time sighting out feeding fish
but have seen so many conventional and even fly fishermen standing over redds
that I have been too annoyed to write. So here is where the halleluiah comes
into play, the river was brought up to 395 today and finally the spawners have
a little protection. Now a little sadly, but still in the “half full” frame of
mind, Cat and I road our bikes to look at the river and along with the dirty
natural debris, the river was doing its own job of cleaning the banks.(sorry
John Martin for the trash)
Now
about the time I was totally rejoicing for the water protection for the
spawners, I was informed that the increase is supposed to be temporary and at
some point in time the flows will drop back under 100cfs and then increase
again on the 13th. Water temps out of the dam have been steady
between 41 and 43 degrees and even with the warmer temps we seem to be on track
for seeing the BWO’s serious hatches late in March.
Now to
think ahead a little, after seeing the snowpack in the Arkansas River drainage
at around 130% of normal and the reservoirs already full, this could be another
extended runoff year. Now if you love fishing as much as we do then there is no
reason not to fish during the runoff time. If you have seen some of our Spinney
or Delaney videos than you have seen how awesome fishing those mid level lakes
can be and we think we have a pretty good idea on how to be successful. We at
the Drift are aware of how intimidating trying to get into a new way of fishing
can be. To try and help, with the purchase of any Fishpond or Outcast pontoon
boat, or Sage Accel fly rod you will get a free sit down with either Cat or I
and we will go over rigging, safety, bugs, and hopefully give you a great start
to spending the runoff fishing and not home bored.
I
wanted to finish the blog with a few pics of fish from the last few trips out and
a few of mine that were all caught in the mouth and nowhere near redds. Okay,
enough pontificating, fishing over the next few weeks should be good and as we
roll into April the fish ought to feed like crazy. Get your trip booked now and
come and enjoy the best fishing of the year. Fish were feeding on eggs, FOD’s,
Ninjas, and J-bombs. As always, Connell, Cat, Winston, Confucius, and the Drift
Fly Shop want to thank you for reading…..
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