Yea, so it was caught on a woolly bugger; however it was snowing intermittently all day and the chances of catching anything on a dry fly was utterly remote. Oh sure, I could have used nymphs but I wanted to see what would grab one of my new olive streamers – it turned out this pretty thin looking wild brown trout.
Quite an interesting take actually, I was dead drifting the streamer through some faster water and felt the thump thump thump of the take – then it was gone – and then back again and this time it was hooked. Looking forward to more Streamer action as the weather improves. I used a 5 weight floater with a sink tip this helped get the fly nice and deep into the holes.
7 responses so far ↓
1 The Trout Underground // Mar 24, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Nice fish, though you really need to work on your posts a bit.
Admitting that the fish pretty much hooked itself is a violation of the Fly Fishermen’s Writer’s Code, which stipulates that every fish comes as a result of Extraordinary Skill, a Predator’s Instinct, and at Huge Personal Sacrifice.
In other words, you waded dangerously deep, made a heroic cast, and set the hook when you felt the tiniest of taps.
2 thebigandyt // Mar 24, 2008 at 7:51 pm
haha, what about saying the hook was size 22 and the landing net is three foot wide, just to add a bit of scale to the photo
I’ve been hearing a fair bit about sinking tips, they seem to be cropping up all over the place. Your post is the first one i’ve seen with using it with a lure though. Have you a preference for make of? i think i’ll have a bash at them this year.
3 Alistair // Mar 24, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Point taken Tom - I take it as fact that all my readers are aware that I constantly wade deep, make heroic casts and attract trout with my inner Karma….
I am modest as well
4 The Trout Underground // Mar 24, 2008 at 8:45 pm
“I am modest as well”
Well there’s the problem right there. Megalomania is part of the job description..
5 Alistair // Mar 25, 2008 at 8:05 am
Tom - I think I filled in all the gaps!
6 nikki // Apr 8, 2008 at 11:15 pm
hi alistair hows u been keep well ma fishing has been going good at the river nothing big just a couple of wee ones .went to carbeith and got 2 4lb rainbow trout but that not real fishing lol i can fly fish know yeha and cant watie to get a days fly fishing in :L:L:L:L:L
7 Alistair // Apr 9, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Hey Nikki - well done at Carbeth - you certainly did better than us
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