Hello all and thanks for checking in
at the O’Grady Fly Fishing Adventures Blog. Today’s title came to me about an
hour into the day. Between Facebook posts and customer gossip, yes our gossip
comes in the form of fish tales, Cat and I decided to make our way up to
Spinney this morning to “meet some friends of ours.” Not so whispered exclamations of the BEST FISHING ever bounced around the
shop walls and after looking at the weather forecast, we decided before we even
got to South Park, that this would indeed be the best day ever.
We
got up many hours before normal and made it to the reservoir around 8:30. The
entire drive up, I envisioned the exact spot I wanted to wet a line in, but as
we arrived, I could see people shoulder to shoulder along my entire hopeful
area. A bit disappointed, but not phased, we moved to the other side of the
lake and found a spot that both of us could fish without hooking someone in the
eye. After about an hour, I had come to the conclusion that South Park should
be part of the Jenny Craig program. Every time I go there I absolutely freeze
my A** off. I know, very corny. Now back to the story, an hour and a half in
and with hundreds of anglers in sight, I did not see a single hookup. This is
when the South Park theme song went through my head, because when you’re not
hooking fish such things do go through your head, and the bus scene at the beginning
reminded me that the Cat and I and the rest of the anglers were getting
schooled. And just about the time the feeling completely left my toes, I saw a
fish rise to the side of me. I quickly casted over and had a miss and then BAM my
first fish of the day. People quickly crowded in and needing to warm up we
headed back to the car.
After warming up and heading to a
different area, Cat and I found a spot with the wind at our backs. We got there
just in time because a group of seven guys were hot on our tail. I hooked a
fish pretty quickly and then lost him. Here is where the story gets interest, Spinney,
over the years has been much nicer to me than to Cat, and I found myself
beginning to feel just a wee bit sad for her(but not sad enough to give up my
spot). And then, the schooling came from Cat. In the next 45 minutes, Cat
landed a total of five absolutely gorgeous fish. The biggest was determined to escape
the net before a proper measurement, but looked between 23 and 24 inches and it
made Cartman look like the skinny kid.
Now
here is where things get strange; being what I think is a pretty good angler, I
quite often get asked in the parking lot, on the river, or wherever what I was
doing that allowed me to catch so many fish. As Cat was half way through her
roll, I watched several of the people up the bank staring and cussing under
their breath. Then I watched a lady set her stuff down and walk down to Cat, “excuse
me miss, can you tell me what it is you are using, none of us have even gotten
a bite.” I was so proud of my wife, although I wanted to inform the lady that I
had caught some too. We both caught a few more and cold sent us back to the
car. As we were heading back, we saw that the place I originally wanted to fish
had slightly cleared of people. We jumped in between a boat and a few spinner
guys, and second cast I hooked another bow. A minute or so later another and
then it just died for us. I’m not going to say that this was a magnificent day
for fishing, but spending the day in South Park sure beats the heck out of
sitting home and watching my boy Spieth implode. I don’t know if it was true or
not and I don’t know if I should be happy or not, but as we were heading back
to the car, Cat told me that when I hooked the second fish, one of the guys in
the boat said, “Screw it, I’m done”.
While
I truly feel our bit of Ark still has some sweet spring fishing days waiting
for us, I thought it would be good to start getting everyone thinking about
still water fishing. We know fishing lakes, reservoirs, and ponds can be a little
intimidating and to help out, we are offering the same spring special as we did
last year. I believe that the Accel in a 9.5’ 6wt may be the absolute best lake
rod of all time, and the Fishcat and Outcast pontoons are typically the best
way to fish lakes. So, if you purchase a fishcat or Outcast pontoon boat or a
Sage Accel rod from the Drift, we will give a free private sit down with Cat or
I to go over rigging, fly selection, specific lakes, needed accessories and
hopefully everything you need to know to fish our incredible lakes. We want
your time on the water to be as productive as ours and for you to get the most
out of your investment. As always, Connell, Cat, Winston, Kenny(those
bas*****), and the Drift Fly Shop want to thank you for reading……
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