Yesterday, I had the opportunity to step out for a day of fishing. I ended up going to three rivers and decided to break up each report into separate posts.
The first stop was the Main Fork of the Tuolumne River. Arriving at 7am, I stepped outside of the car to a brisk 31 degrees air temp. Being the only one around at the day use area near Kirkwood Power Station, I walked upstream to throw the line in.
I didn't have a water temp gauge with me, so I cannot be very accurate, however, I'd guess the water was in the upper 50's and very clear. The flow was almost exactly as it was the time I was here last Summer. What the actual numbers are, I'm not sure.
My first stop was at a deep pool where water was plunging in and the floor was made up of good sized boulders. Plenty of hiding spots for fish. It was too early in the morning to see into the water very far, so I didn't actually see any fish. I can only imagine they were there. After a good 15 minutes I decided to move upstream for better water.
As the sun rose, the air temp warmed. My multiple layers were starting to be too much. After taking off a pullover, I was back in business. I tried various runs, ripples, and pools. No bites. I did see some fish as the morning wore on. They looked to be in the 10-15 inch area and they were feeding. I threw various patterns in trying to get them to bite. No luck.
The fish were mostly in the 5-9 foot depths. Although I did see a few hovering a couple of feet down and gobbling up bugs as they floated by.
This day was the day for losing flies. Here on the Tuolumne, I lost a pin-on fly patch that had 4-6 flies on them drying off. That was disappointing. However, if you keep reading, you'll see that this was only the beginning of losing flies and worse.
The first stop was the Main Fork of the Tuolumne River. Arriving at 7am, I stepped outside of the car to a brisk 31 degrees air temp. Being the only one around at the day use area near Kirkwood Power Station, I walked upstream to throw the line in.
I didn't have a water temp gauge with me, so I cannot be very accurate, however, I'd guess the water was in the upper 50's and very clear. The flow was almost exactly as it was the time I was here last Summer. What the actual numbers are, I'm not sure.
My first stop was at a deep pool where water was plunging in and the floor was made up of good sized boulders. Plenty of hiding spots for fish. It was too early in the morning to see into the water very far, so I didn't actually see any fish. I can only imagine they were there. After a good 15 minutes I decided to move upstream for better water.
As the sun rose, the air temp warmed. My multiple layers were starting to be too much. After taking off a pullover, I was back in business. I tried various runs, ripples, and pools. No bites. I did see some fish as the morning wore on. They looked to be in the 10-15 inch area and they were feeding. I threw various patterns in trying to get them to bite. No luck.
The fish were mostly in the 5-9 foot depths. Although I did see a few hovering a couple of feet down and gobbling up bugs as they floated by.
This day was the day for losing flies. Here on the Tuolumne, I lost a pin-on fly patch that had 4-6 flies on them drying off. That was disappointing. However, if you keep reading, you'll see that this was only the beginning of losing flies and worse.
1 comment:
No bites from feeding fish means they are selective and focused on something in particular. Need to find out what they are eating to present the right offering.
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