Hello all and thanks for checking in at The O’Grady
Flyfishing Adventures. I wanted to start this blog by wishing all of you the
Merriest of Christmas’s. With this being the “Giving” season, I decided that
this year my gift to our readers would be this story of the perfect Christmas
gift. Since I know we have a lot of families that read this blog together I
hope that some of you, after opening presents and reading a Christmas story,
light a fire, wrap yourself in a warm blanket and read this little Christmas
story. Okay, actually the story is a little boring but mine nonetheless.
As many of you know
from prior blogs, Cat and I really don’t ever purchase Christmas presents for
each other. Throughout the year we find
that if there is something that we really want than we go ahead and buy it. It
takes so much pressure off Cat because it would be impossible to buy for me. So
our Christmas giving usually involves small gifts for Cats family and my boys
and spoiling the tar out of my granddaughter. I knew all of the shopping was
completed last week because Cat kept me very updated on what “We” had given for
presents. On Monday, as was my customary routine, I got home work and went to
the mailbox. I was very surprised when I found a package with my name on it. As
I opened the package I saw that it was a trout colored dog collar. I was a
little surprised that Cat would only purchase one collar since we do have two
dogs. I tossed the pack on the counter and went on my way. On Tuesday Cat and I
were talking and I made mention of the collar and she said “I thought you
bought it”. Nope it wasn’t me and so we examined the package and realized that
there was no name as to who made the purchase. We realized that Winston has a
secret “Santa” and all those old jealous feelings came rushing back through my
brains. I know we don’t expect any gifts but to realize that my dog actually
has a secret gift giver. The jealous thoughts of, can Winston teach you where
the fish are? Can Winston help you across the river? Can Winston tell these
incredible flyfishing stories? Can Winston create incredible flies that catch
fish? And then it hit me, even though he can’t do all of those things, a quick
look at his picture wishing a Merry Christmas puts a huge grin on my face. What
better gift can a person ask for. Now I showed Winston the trout colored collar
that he was secretly gifted and although he told me that it was super sexy, he
did say that it oozed as a slight sign of oppression and future gifts should be
more in the way of bones and snacks. Wow, spoken like a true O’Grady.
Now for the part of the
blog that the fisherman are looking for. Fishing this week has really moved
more toward winter fishing. Water temps coming out of the damn are between 40
and 41 degrees. Hatches the last few days out have consisted of small midges
and very spotty BWO hatches. Guide trips out this week have had some very nice
fish taken but the fish definitely have to be worked for. The smaller fish are
still feeding like crazy and can be caught most of the day but the big fish
have definitely become finicky. Small BWO and small cream colored midges seem
to be the ticket right now with the occasional chomp on something red. One of
our return clients doesn’t usually take pics but his fish on Sunday was so
pretty he allowed just the one pic. As I said to open the blog, we wish you all
an incredible Christmas. Connell, Cat, Winston, the Secret Santa want to thank
you for reading……
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