Is It Monday Already? The Underground Faces <gasp> Work
By Tom Chandler on May 5, 2008 in Fishing Report
Damn, it is Monday.
That means the many not-so-neat piles of work on my desk require a little attention. As do the around-the-house spring jobs that sat while I fished.
That’s 19 inches of pissed-off Brown Trout, courtesy a streamer.
It also means the weekend’s fishing trips will get short shrift in terms of complete, in-depth, helpfully informative coverage.
That’s OK — Singlebarbed completely fabricated did a nice job of covering our Saturday visit to the Upper McCloud (there’s a teensy bit of actual fishing reality in this report).
The Upper McCloud fished a little cold, but looked damned pretty.
I will say this: the McCloud’s eye-candy views almost compensated for the fact I pounded up only one take on a dry, and then promptly missed him (still 48 degrees water tempts, though the indicator types are catching fish).
Damn.
Still — in a rare fit of how-to helpfulness — I will fire up a post about my Sunday trip to Steve Bertrand’s Secret Guide Spot.
No, I can’t reveal the exact location of the Secret Guide Spot, but then, that’s not where I caught the above-pictured Brown Trout — nor the handful of others that ate a streamer I stripped about as fast I could.
The dry fly has failed me so far this year, but twice the streamer’s saved my butt (and in a big-fish way).
And yes, streamers are just plain fun. And we do fun here just fine.
Until then, see you at work, Tom Chandler.
Camelbak | May 6, 2008 | Reply
I was going to say… The last time I checked there weren’t any brown trout hanging out in the McCloud river, upper, lower or in the resevoir.
Funny it the bite was not so hot, usually its the non-fly users that don’t catch much unless they are hanging out at the waterfalls.
-SS
Tom Chandler | May 6, 2008 | Reply
Camel: There’s no shortage of Brownies in the reservoir, and you’ll catch them in the Upper and Lower McCloud too.
This particular fly fishing method definitely appeals more to brown trout than rainbows (though I got one of those too).
I’ll get the post written sometime…
Camelbak | May 8, 2008 | Reply
Really? I have fished McCloud quite extensively (mostly the upper) and only caught rainbows… Guess I need to get back out there.
-SS
Tom Chandler | May 8, 2008 | Reply
Damn straight you do. Tell your boss/friends/family that your life is missing something, and get back up here.
In the fall, the lower McCloud’s overrun with anglers looking to score one of the big lake-run browns (back to spawn). Last spring I caught a good half-dozen browns on the Upper McCloud on dries.
Good luck!