Spring Break 2011

Spring Break on the SoHo Day 1

We picked a really great time to come over. High water out the butt. Came anyway. We got to the house as soon as the owner would let us in. That gave me about 1 1/2 hours of wade-able water. Got ridge and down to the edge of the property. Not a bottom I wanted to wade. I remembered a friend and the rope  I cast from the edge. Slow nymphed. That was the ticket caught fish. Good sized fish.

The water finally broke up that party. Noticed some school of big carp and we know I have no self respect when it comes to fishing a fly. Went and got the streamer rod. Rigged a streamer and a egg. The carp fancied it. Dang hard fish in high water. Fish between 10-20 lbs. I couldn't get a good spot to land them. No really good pics except for this guy resting after the battle.

Now you know your messed up when you are carp fishing in a world class trout stream and sort of pissed this guy out run a hugh carp for the fly.

Caught several nice trout while the carp thing was happening 

Spring Break on the SoHo Day 2

The generation schedule sucked again today. I had about two hours before bottom dropped out and the flow killed wading altogether. From light enough to see the indicator till flow the bite was really great along the grass edges. Here's a few pics.













The carp were a little harder today. Clouds made sight fishing tough. Got two to leader. No good place to get a pic without falling up to my a$$ in the mud. Got a few bites I never saw. All in all a pretty good day.

Saw a brown across the river free jump. That was the biggest brown. Dang maybe another day.

Spring Break on the SoHo Day 3

Still less than desirable generation schedule. I got a few hours early that were wade-able. Slow on the nymphing today. The weather was still and over cast. Not a rise to be seen for the first hour. A lot of casts that went unanswered. Started noticing a few BWO pass by  That raised my spirits some. It also started raising some heads. As the hatch began they were seriously selective. No joy. A lot of rejections. As the pitch built up they started giving my BWO a little more love. It wasn't a lot to hand and they were everyone earned. No pics. Sorry. 

The carp were picky as all get out today too. They didn't show up in good numbers either. The weather is about to change around here and I'm going to use that as my excuse for a slow day. 

We had Riverman over last night for a burger and catching up. He's still alive. If you need a shuttle here email me and I'll give you the contact number. I can't think of a better and more knowledge hand on this or any other river.

One more day and back to the other side of the mountain.

Spring Break on the SoHo Day 4

Well the storms found us this morning. Tornado watch for the immediate area. Lots of bright colors on the radar maps. I almost talked myself into having another cup of coffee and packing for home. Really glad I didn't 

The mud has been pretty bad in the area where I was fishing all week. Today as bands of rain came thru it was worse.



The rain would pause or slack and the BWO's would fire up the fish 



Caught a lot of fish in the slack periods. Got to sit and listen to the rain on my jacket a lot too.





When it stopped periodically it stopped. Not upside down 





While it was raining I swung a pair of softhackles. No pic's of those fish due the hard rain except this monster around stopping time.





Time to pack and head back across the the mountain.

The End