Snapped lines and a busted rod
The day started out great. On my second cast I hooked into a large stocked rainbow. Everything went wrong after that. As I brought him to the net, snap, he was gone, with my last #18 zebra midge to boot. I spent the next couple of hours wrestling for space with bait fisherman. I decided to go back to the first spot to see if that fish was still there. Again, second cast BAM, hooked him again. This time he lasted about 3 seconds before he broke my line. I tied on another nymph, made another cast and got hung up on some flotsam. SNAP, there went my 7.5 ft Berkeley. Luckily Rip was on his way with my new TFO. After Chris showed up he helped me to rig up a euro rig and showed me the fine points. I caught a small wild brownie, he has a pic of it on his camera. I then took him to a spot where I knew there was a relatively large fish hanging out. It wasn't long before he had him hooked. Then SNAP, his leader broke. Chris retied a new rig and threw in again. I couldn't believe it when he hooked that fish again! But then SNAP, another broken leader. I gotta say, this fish is one of the largest that I've seen in this creek. He was extremely powerful for his size which led us to believe he was wild. Chris was pretty bummed out about losing that fish but he cheered up later after landing two stocked rainbows and a wild brown that was similar in stature to the one I had caught earlier. I am going back down tomorrow to get that big fish.
The day wasn't a total loss. I learned the basics of euronymphing and hopefully this will improve my catches on the Lopat. .
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Here are the pictures from yesterday. I had a great time, but i'm still bummed out about losing that fish... TWICE. I'll def. be coming back to get that fish. ;D
Lopat's wild brown, and first fish short lining.
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My fish. The stocked fish are a lot bigger than the stocked fish up here in NY.
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I wonder why this little brown is missing so many scales.
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chris,
I take it you haven't gotten your greys yet? You should have just paid the extra 40 bucks and got it that day lol
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Yeah, It's supposed to be back in stock april 15th. I don't think it would have helped though. That TNT i fish is way softer than the greys and the stream we were fishing is TINY.
That 40 bucks was definitely not worth it though.
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Where did you guys fish today? I got my big breeder from that lake! A team of three lures fished with an intermediate line got the beast! I had one around 10 pounds swipe at the flies right before I got the "small" one! I have a ton of pics from recent fishing to upload. I am busy early in the week with presentations and after Wednesday I will have some time!
Kyle,
Did you fish Saturday?
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aaron,
nope didn't get out saturday, but I'll be out there a couple of times this week, probably 4 counting the weekend. I got some more updates on where they stocked and what they stocked for ya ;D I'll give you the specifics soon.
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Haha I am all ears ;) then I will have a good idea on where to get the big holdovers:)
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I didn't get to fish today, it was my anniversary. Good job on the big fish! I can't wait to see the pics.
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Rip,
I went back down today but your buddy wasn't home. As a matter of fact I saw no fish in that whole section. The wind was blowing really stiff so Ididn't stay long. Also, I had to go get my wife something for Easter before dhe got home from work. :o
