With any luck - and assuming I find all my gear - I’ll be fly fishing the Big Wood River in an hour or two, and though word has it the fishing’s pretty slow, it’s not as if that comes as a surprise.
It’s pretty out - the light and water both evidencing that hard-edged, crystal clarity they acquire in the winter - and the fishing is slow and methodical.
That’s mostly due to the cold-blooded nature of trout, who are moving very slowly. It’s also a good fit with the angler’s requirements: you’re wearing extra clothes, it’s hard to tie on tiny flies with frozen fingers, and falling in usually means the fishing day is over.
This will be one of the few times this year I walk out the door firmly resolved to use lead on my leader, though when you’re fishing a #20 midge pupae, you don’t need much.
Slow & steady win the race in winter, and if I land a couple of trout on a pretty river (with a few too many houses on it), so much the better.
See you on the Big Wood, Tom Chandler.
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….but gotta love those midges as the trout must eat 15 zillion of them to get any calories. Happy Thanksgiving Sir, hope you hook up before heading in to eat lots.
Enjoy plumbing the depths of the Big Wood. I find the stretch behind the trailer park (by the hospital) and below the bridge to be a nice section. Happy Thanksgiving!
Did you get any more after we talked yesterday? I hope you weather all the family and have a great day. When you get home, we will get on the water and work off some of the stuffing, (that we did to our self) . Give L&T Nancy a hug for me.
David
Loon: Fishing a tiny #20 midge in a good-sized river is truly an exercise in faith.
Cutthroat: I’ve mostly fished from the bridge up to the boxcar, but someday I’d like to try it farther up the canyon.
Roberts: Six total.