It’s Monday, when 78% of fly fishing-related firings occur, 63.2% of fly fishing’s lies are created, and 82% of fake fly fishing related statistics are made up on the spot.
In short, it’s not a pretty day for fly fishermen, especially if you’ve been yoked to a keyboard most of the weekend trying to type your way out of trouble.
Projects are due, and I’m teaching
And yes, this stuff always happens when the big bugs are coming off.
While I soldier on bravely, this is truly your chance to taunt me for a change. Where did the Undergrounders fish over the weekend, and how did you do?
See you at the keyboard, Tom Chandler.
Got skunked on Loch Lomond going after the Pike – the trout to me are like a distant memory and I feel like a thousand years away from casting a dry fly on a warm overcast summers day.
There is a 98% probability that I will not catch a trout for 5 months which makes me feel 100% down – however reading about others catching fish improves things by 3% per fish so I am watching this thread with keen anticipation!
Alistair
Alistair of Urban Fly Fisher(Quote)
I ducked lead shot and administered last rites to the wild chicken flock that were massacred by ATV riding, shotgun toting, hellions.
Couldn’t salvage even a single pelt.
kbarton10(Quote)
I considered hitting the West Branch of the Delaware (border waters) but high releases and a lack of a lot of time due to family stuff steered me towards the Susquehanna. I managed to catch one nice football-sized smallmouth (stuffed like a turkey) on a clouser in a riffle/run – otherwise, my usual haunts seemed pretty dead. Water temps are mid-fifties – it won’t be too much longer till smallies sign off for the year.
stierflyfisher(Quote)
South Fork of the Snake last Friday, Henry’s Fork Saturday. Temps in the upper 60′s (sounds nice, but just a tad too warm for a solid baetis hatch to fire up). Fished dries most all day Friday and landed about 30 fish between the two of us. Saturday was nymphs in the morning, dries in the afternoon. About the same number of fish, with the larger ones in the AM and smaller ones in the PM. Full report w/ pictures on my site by tomorrow.
Any other information I could add that would increase the taunt, please let me know.
cutthroat stalker(Quote)
Camped on Hazel Creek in the Smoky Mountains. Had a good chuckle remembering the time a guy from NorCal was smothering in a bivvy sack in the rain while we were eating hot meals with mixed drinks just down the creek.
Weather was pleasant this time. Highs around 70, lows in the low 40′s; perfect camping weater. Water was a bit on the low side. A decent hatch of olives kept the fish looking up.
Ian(Quote)
I fished the world wide web and all I ended up with was this crummy post.
a new baby, water temps in the mid to low 40s and flows above the 80th percentile aren’t a recipe for a good outing. Maybe next month….. :(
Jean-Paul Lipton(Quote)
BWOs coming off in droves mid-day. Seemingly every trout in the river rising consistently. Cloudy, a little drizzly, fall colors in abundance. Summer tourists at home watching football. A good day.
g_rob(Quote)
Out for a couple hours Saturday on the local run. Trying out soft hackles, caught a couple of nice rainbows, a couple of small rainbows and lost one big fish (Chomp-o-Rama) on that take. Did find a nice duck hunting slough from the high water this year too. Good rainy day. Just to make you feel better, I had to work a half-day too.
Taku(Quote)
You’re all going to hell. And soon too.
Tom Chandler(Quote)
“You’re all going to hell. And soon too.” I know, I know, but it’s because I haven’ t purchased my new license yet, not because I haven’t been fishing!
oatka(Quote)
Spent the weekend fishing Hazel Creek in the Smokies with Ian- perfect weather, incredible food, and tough but not impossible fishing for beautiful wild trout. Also lots of bears!
Fishndoc(Quote)
Especially Ian. For sure Ian. Who probably should have been eaten by one of those bears. Oatka too for the license thing.
Tom Chandler(Quote)
You should try spending your weekend watching other people fish knowing the GSMNP was just a short drive away. The whole Western portion of NC was packed with leaf lookers so it probably would have been fruitless to try anyway.
murdock(Quote)
Tom, I hear the dry fly action is pretty hot on the River Styx — thought I’d give it a try on my way to hell. When do you want the damned(‘s) report?
cutthroat stalker(Quote)
I haven’t been out to the “famous” Utah waters in while- but Saturday on a creek on the south slope of the Uinta range (names are for people who visit in person, sorry folks…) I fished from about 2pm until dark (7?…8?…) with sunny weather ( a few clouds, temps in the 50′s) and one of those “little of everything hatches” where I was doing as well with a Parachute Adams as with anything else…I ended up catching about 10-15 Brookies and Browns- half dozen out of one creek bend pool where I had to cast from a prone position on a midstream gravel island to get a decent drift and still keep out of the fishies field of vision…Sunday was a bit overcast on another pocket water stream outside Salt Lake- however the fish were largely absent from the usual spots- I moved on to the meadow section where the worm guys and beginners pound the fish to death all summer and found it tolerable and hooked up with a series of 8- 10 inch Brookies- and one 14′ Brown – doesn’t sound like much, but the worm and spinner folks didn’t seem to be catching anything…
Brett from Utah(Quote)
Teaching a class on blogging? Isn’t it sort of missing the point if you need to take a class? Maybe the class should be on self-directed learning and conquering the fear of making a blunder where a billion people can read it (but few actually will).
Jim
Jim Ferguson(Quote)
Teaching a class on blogging , that’s a good one…..I almost spilled my coffee on that laughing.
John J. Zubeck Jr(Quote)
Jim: There’s a pretty sizable learning curve associated with this stuff; why wouldn’t someone blogging for business or personal purposes want to shorten it?
John: I’ve been up real late the last two nights working, so before I mis-read your comment, maybe you could explain why the idea seems funny.
Tom Chandler(Quote)
Tom, blogs are nothing but a platform for conveyed thoughts…
Blogging as it relates to business, corresponds directly to advertising and public relations to many small and large company’s. It has become a global trend, in my opinion, but one that has helped spark some creativity and increase awareness as it relates to a direct or indirect message. Hence, it’s blessing’s are many, it’s fruit more sweet as it relates to corporate bottom line’s.
Blogging–Tom, is a tool, one that has increased profit margins and help better define a companys mission in a volatile marketplace……blah, blah, blah,–you get this I know.
Teaching somebody to blog in some chat room as it relates to someones identity web-crisis is what I picture. Perhaps my sense of humor is in the gutter, it’s been there before. Dare I say, it will reside there again……Hope your class is attentive, and if Joe the plumber show’s-up, be sure to share your exploits.
Love your site and your commentary as always….
By the way, in no means did I mean to demean your classroom preparation. Sometimes clarity is lost in blogging,,,,,hope mine was’nt.
John J. Zubeck Jr(Quote)
I hit the local spring creek, er, irrigation ditch. As I am currently exiled in Imperial County, throwing small streamers for bucketmouths is the best one can hope for. I believe this may be brownlining at its finest, and suspect I’m the only fly guy for hundreds of miles.
T-minus 13 days till my return to lovely NorCal0
KJE(Quote)
Tom: Damn. You made me stop and think about why I reacted that way to the idea of a class on blogging. There are several facets to the answer.
It is my perception that many people today rely too much on others for learning. These people expect information to be handed to them fully formed for easy digestion. This seems to bypass the learning and understanding that comes from curiosity, exploration and experimentation with something new, hence the comment about self-directed learning.
It also brings to mind Veruca Salt; “I want it now, Daddy!”
As John mentioned the corporate aspect, if time is money, teaching people the use of it as a marketing or support tool makes some sense, whether I think it’s a useful tool or not. It would be silly to not respond to that market demand. And the learning curve for developing a site such as yours is undoubtedly much longer than for someone that uses blogspot.com or whatever to vent or document or, otherwise, well, blog.
I will also admit that I made the comment without knowing what the class actually addresses. If it is to help people articulate their thoughts and write more clearly, or provides guidance on developing coherent, readable blog sites, I’m all for it.
And in thinking further about it, realize that I wrote and delivered a class for middle school kids on using a digital camera. What’s that you say? Can’t anyone use a camera? Who needs a class on that? Mea culpa. Maybe I should take your class.
Jim
Jim Ferguson(Quote)
Christ, Almighty – you lads had Chandler on the run – then you folded your hand and slunk away apologetically…
Grow a pair.
He’s teaching the class so’s he can score with College chicks – all those Facebook hopefuls whose pages are crammed with glitter-enhanced hearts, tearful “emo” diatribes about the persecution of Brittany Spears, and their quest for a perfect, sallow life-mate …astride a white stallion, packing a large bankroll, and offering the perfect canary diamond.
This is fishing, dammit – always question their motivations!
kbarton10(Quote)