Decker’s Update 9/29/16
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Good Evening Everyone!
Well, it’s a little late in the day to finally get to the computer, but I had to spend the entire day working the river to give you an updated conditions and fishing report! Let’s catch you up on the basics, the flow has been dropped just a bit 413 in Trumbull and 423 below the Cheesman Dam. Clarity is pretty good considering we’ve had a few changes in flow in the last few days. I got out early this morning to take a few pictures and made sure to bundle up, as we’ve certainly arrived at Fall! This morning it was somewhere around 29-32 degrees and without a doubt, a nip in the air! After a few shots of the fall colors and arrival of some friends, we geared up for a day in the back yard to try our luck at, what we hoped would be, starving trout! They say hindsight is 20/20, got it, but let me tell you about the morning bugs and how we did. Not seeing much in the way of a rise, and pretty much content with staying around the back yard, which happens to be the section known as “hole in the wall” we decided that we were going to stick with nymphing for our best chance of landing a fish. I should let you know that I had a guest with me today that doesn’t have much experience fly-fishing, but was simply happy to be on the river. So, being the guy that has the place to fish, I invited her to come fish with me and be part of today’s blog! Not being the best instructor, considering I have my own bastardization of the “correct” technique, mostly due to a shoulder injury that most likely needs surgery to repair, I did my best to teach her what a proper drift should look like. To our dismay, we didn’t have much luck through the late morning and into the afternoon. Back to the hindsight comment a few sentences back, fast forward to around 4:30 and the arrival of my neighbor, who let’s face it, can flat out nail em’ with the nymphing rig! Immediately, I notice that the weight he has applied to his set-up is about double the amount of mine. About six casts into the seem between the riffle and slower moving water, he’s hooked up! Once again, I’ve not paid attention to the basics. You must get down to where the fish are feeding. It wasn’t that my bug selection was off, or not in line with what should be working, I simply wasn’t going deep! The fish that were caught this evening were all taken on an egg pattern, yellow and orange/yellow mix. Later in the evening, as the sun was setting, the blue-winged olives and midges were starting to bring a few fish up to the surface for quick meal. More tomorrow about the upcoming weekend, along with the introduction of the newest business to join the other establishments of the Decker’s Resort, The Painted Door! You’ll meet the proprietors and get to see what an exciting new business has joined the Resort! Until next time folks, have a great evening and I hope to see you on the river soon!
Chris
