Hey all, thanks for checking in. I will be
starting this blog with a joke that I heard last week from one of my clients. I
need to warn our readers that this joke is definitely in the pg-13 range so if
you are under 13 you need to move on to the fishing report. When I heard the
joke it actually took me just a second (I like to think it was because of my
intense concentration on guiding) but it seems since I heard it, every time I
think of it, it gets funnier and funnier.
A doctor
is walking near a nurses station and a nurse jumps up and says “ hey doc, I
need you to sign this form” the doctor reaches into his pocket and pulls out a
thermometer, he scratches his head and says ” darn, some A-hole has my pen”.
If you ever wonder
about my sense of humor that joke should tell you everything you need to know.
Now on to the fishing; If you have been to the river over the last week and a
half than you should have been able to see that the river has come alive. Guide
trips last week and Cat’s and my day out on Sunday have been very productive on
the hookup side of fishing, the landing we have found to be a little more
difficult. We are seeing tons of spawning fish and in addition, the feeding
lanes seem to be filling with fish. Now I will say this, I am not always sure
what is going on with the fish. Some
seemingly perfect casts to feeding fish produce squat and then the next cast
*Boom*. Cat was working on a fish held up in Peek-a-boo and just as she was
getting frustrated, the eleventh drift went by and the fish moved a foot and drilled
her fly. Maybe after enough perfect casts the fish think it is an actual hatch
going on. Fish were on Ninjas, J-bombs, SOL’s, and a few on the True Blood.
We have another week of low flows and after
the 15th our river will be at the mercy of whoever is buying water
downstream. With the amount of snow in the mountains we may get blown out
earlier this year. If you have been considering booking a guide trip than try
to get it booked this week. The pics are
from the last couple guide trips and mine and Cat’s day out on Sunday. As
always, thanks for reading from Connell, Cat, Winston, the Joker, and The Drift
Fly shop……
I once heard that the only reason we men like to go fishing so much is that it's the only time we will hear someone tell us, "Wow, that's a big one!"
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I hear that all the time Mark.....to bad she's talking about my nose and my ego...hehe
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