Monday, May 18, 2009
Its Green
Hit another stream in the Berkshires this past weekend. Things are really greening up and the fishing just continues to get better. Many fish were brought to hand including a monster for this stream and a fish that appeared to have been bitten by something.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
May Begins
5/9/09 and 5/10/09
Fished a stream in the Berkshires again today. The fish have officially begun to look up for food and dry fly fishing is on fire. 10-15 fish were brought to hand and at least three times that many were missed. I also managed to hook my finger pretty good today. I have never done that before and I never want to again. It was Karma biting me back as I had switched to a barbed fly an hour earlier in hopes of loosing less fish. With a fresh barb on the fly now lodged an 1/8th of an inch in my thumb, I had no choice but to push the hook out the other side so I could break the barb off the hook. Fun!
No pictures this week, forgot the camera at home.
5/3/09
Hit my local brookie stream, fish were still a little sluggish and bunched up due to low water levels. I did manage to catch a number of fish, most of them out of this hole.
5/2/09
Fishing is beginning to pick up as the water has begun to warm. In picked up my first fish on a dry fly last weekend on tiny stream in MA. This was a neat little stream that originates in a couple of beaver ponds. Played with a few brookies in the ponds but couldn't quite get them to take the fly. I can't wait to get back to fish the lower reaches of this stream.
Fished a stream in the Berkshires again today. The fish have officially begun to look up for food and dry fly fishing is on fire. 10-15 fish were brought to hand and at least three times that many were missed. I also managed to hook my finger pretty good today. I have never done that before and I never want to again. It was Karma biting me back as I had switched to a barbed fly an hour earlier in hopes of loosing less fish. With a fresh barb on the fly now lodged an 1/8th of an inch in my thumb, I had no choice but to push the hook out the other side so I could break the barb off the hook. Fun!
No pictures this week, forgot the camera at home.
5/3/09
Hit my local brookie stream, fish were still a little sluggish and bunched up due to low water levels. I did manage to catch a number of fish, most of them out of this hole.
5/2/09
Fishing is beginning to pick up as the water has begun to warm. In picked up my first fish on a dry fly last weekend on tiny stream in MA. This was a neat little stream that originates in a couple of beaver ponds. Played with a few brookies in the ponds but couldn't quite get them to take the fly. I can't wait to get back to fish the lower reaches of this stream.
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