In keeping with my tendency to stay the hell away from public places over the Memorial Day Weekend, I laid about, wrote, and trimmed the hell out of some of the many, many trees on the Trout Underground/Man Cave World Headquarters property.
The L&T and I made a Grand Entrance at Wayne & Myrna’s house for a Saturday evening barbecue (nobody applauded, a regrettable breach of protocol), where Noted Underground Juvenile Delinquent Commentor Smellslikefish produced barbecued chicken that made the taste buds stand at attention.
Of course, just because I drank beer and picked my navel clean doesn’t mean the Undergrounders stayed home: what’s the tally on the fishing adventures of the Underground’s Readers?
Anyone want to fess up to a skunking? A killer dry fly hatch? A location? Feeling smug?
Now’s the time. The floor’s yours, Undergrounders.
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Will 05.27.08 at 9:54 am
That life partner Abigail and I found ourselves in the Upper Sac canyon this weekend. The only fish we saw rise were the few that went after our attractor patterns, and we (or more precisely, she) landed one of those.
After wet wading (without too much whining) for the first five years of my river fishing life (including the Sac in November), I finally purchased some waders from the good people at Ted Fay fly shop. It’s like the end of an era - a cold, wet era - and it was hard to argue with dry and warm this weekend.
Tom Chandler 05.27.08 at 9:57 am
Will: You’re back in CA for good now?
Jason 05.27.08 at 11:03 am
Spent time on the T and LT this weekend…
The weather kept crowds to a minimum, Saturday started with snow on Donner pass and it rained most of the afternoon. Sunday afternoon more rain poured in mixed with hail!
We caught some nice big fish on both rivers, I landed large bows and browns on the T fishing dries in light rain during a 2 hour hatch!
jmc
Michael 05.27.08 at 12:03 pm
Did a one-nighter on one of the state reservoirs, picking off clueless year old rainbows with leeches, in front of a stream inflow. Hardly a challenge, unless you call hiking up a rocky trail in the pitch dark with a rod in one hand and a collie dog’s leash in the other a challenge (which it turned out to be).
kbarton10 05.27.08 at 12:04 pm
Skunked on Shad sunday, frozen and skunked on Shad Monday… Did the American, or it did me…
oatka 05.27.08 at 12:05 pm
I worked 12 hours alone, watching the blogs, wishing someone would write something, anything. I’m glad it’s today now.
hawgdaddy 05.27.08 at 12:30 pm
Went to the Smokies. Never seen so many people in the park. I usually avoid holidays. Now I know why. We were only 2.5 miles into the backcountry. Should have gone further. Crawling with hikers and fishermen. Fishing was still pretty good though. Wife caught her largest trout to date. 10″ rainbow.
Take care,
hawgdaddy
Capt Gordon 05.27.08 at 1:19 pm
Spent the weekend poling my skiff in 6 inches of water looking at hundreds of redfish that my guy could not cast to.
SMJ 05.27.08 at 1:28 pm
Worked in the yard all weekend. My brother called me on Sunday to let me know he caught some nice shad and stripers on the Lower Sac on Saturday. Nice guy.
RLB 05.27.08 at 3:00 pm
I went to the West Branch of the Delaware with a fly-fishing friend from work on Saturday. We fished caddis larva and pupa nymphs and did very well (browns and rainbows). The fishing was so good I had to go back. Went again on Monday and caught some really nice browns. Stayed way too late - now I’m in the doghouse with the non-fisherwoman.
wayne eng 05.27.08 at 6:15 pm
Tom,
I would have applauded but I had a beer in one hand and chips with guacamole in the other. Its always good to see Nancy
Myrna Rae
wayne eng 05.27.08 at 6:16 pm
Thomas,
I would of applauded but I was too busy hugging the L&T Nancy.
Wayne
Smellslikefish 05.27.08 at 10:17 pm
I don’t remember any of it. What happened?
murdock 05.28.08 at 7:37 am
I didn’t accomplish a thing. No work. No Fishing. Planned on cleaning up the tying bench but didn’t even get around to that. Was pretty much worthless. On the up side, I didn’t burn much in the way of fossil fuels.
Harry 05.28.08 at 9:14 am
Did the tailwaters below Cumberland. Water was a little high for good fishing, but the hatchery was having a kid’s derby just downstream so there were a lot of too dumb to know any better fish that had just been released in the river that would take almost any type of brightly colored streamer.
Throw in the occasional white bass for a little excitement and it was a decent day.
Taku 05.29.08 at 7:56 pm
Nope, no fish. It’s high water chore time at the home ranch. Get ‘em done while we watch the Bitterroot flood (no houses floating down the river this year). Because soon those pesky salmonflies will be causing major havoc with schedules and after that it’s caddis and green drakes, then Trico’s, then grouse season opens.
RustyRat 05.30.08 at 11:02 am
Not only did I get skunked once, but twice on the same water, two days in a row. When I raided the mancave for stuff to take to the cabin I remembered rods, reels, rimfire rifles, Marley CDs and Beer, but not…Green Drake emergers. One would think a trout or two would have a lapse in judgement and go for the odd nymph or even a well placed dry, but it was not to be.