A buddy and I took advantage of the beautiful weather today and found some open water to dip our tubes.
We launched our tubes about 10:30 and fished until 2:30 using our usual fly tackle.
We used both a fast sink line (#7) and a medium sink line (#3). The best flies were a black leech with some green tinsel, #8 bead head black/orange/pearl crystal bugger, #8 bead head (green) tan/green/pearl crystal bugger, and #8 cone head (green) olive leech. We picked up one 15” tiger trout and the rest were rainbows from 12” to 15”. This pond is stocked pretty heavily.
The water temperature was 42-44 degrees and the visibility in the water of about 4’. The reservoir is about 4’ from being full.
I’m not sure if it was because it was a nice day, spring break, or the only open water to fish but the place was crowded. There were a lot of RV’s in the campground which is surprising for this time of year. There were three drift boats, a couple of kayaks, and a gross of shore fishermen and most everyone seemed to be catching some fish.
There are a lot of fish in there and I didn’t see that it had been stocked this year. There was a lot of wildlife around the park. We saw a young eagle, cormorants, geese, ducks, deer, and some sand hill cranes.
I like the guy in one of the kayaks (picture). There is not an accessory that he doesn’t have on board. If he doesn’t have it, you don’t need it.
It was a great day to be out and fishing soft water again.
We launched our tubes about 10:30 and fished until 2:30 using our usual fly tackle.
We used both a fast sink line (#7) and a medium sink line (#3). The best flies were a black leech with some green tinsel, #8 bead head black/orange/pearl crystal bugger, #8 bead head (green) tan/green/pearl crystal bugger, and #8 cone head (green) olive leech. We picked up one 15” tiger trout and the rest were rainbows from 12” to 15”. This pond is stocked pretty heavily.
The water temperature was 42-44 degrees and the visibility in the water of about 4’. The reservoir is about 4’ from being full.
I’m not sure if it was because it was a nice day, spring break, or the only open water to fish but the place was crowded. There were a lot of RV’s in the campground which is surprising for this time of year. There were three drift boats, a couple of kayaks, and a gross of shore fishermen and most everyone seemed to be catching some fish.
There are a lot of fish in there and I didn’t see that it had been stocked this year. There was a lot of wildlife around the park. We saw a young eagle, cormorants, geese, ducks, deer, and some sand hill cranes.
I like the guy in one of the kayaks (picture). There is not an accessory that he doesn’t have on board. If he doesn’t have it, you don’t need it.
It was a great day to be out and fishing soft water again.