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But I think I have a perfect line on a big fish.

There is a trout stream not far from where I live. I don't consider it
any great shakes - just a smallish stream with modest hatches and
smallish wild trout. It is within striking distance from a couple big
cities, so it gets pressure and publicity.

I have never caught anything bigger than 14 inches from this stream, but
have seen a few that were pretty big. This morning I fished the trico
hatch. They were spooky and infuriatingly tough - as trico trout tend
to be. After the spinner fall was done, I prospected around in the
clear water. There is some riprap that forms small caves in places. I
put a crayfish fly on and probed this one cave, my fly in full sight.
The biggest trout I have ever seen in this stream showed itself twice,
inspecting and swiping at the fly. Dark, hookjawed male. 18 or 20
inches I would say. He wouldn't take, but now I know where he lives.
That cave must be his home save for nighttime feeding. It is very easy
to twitch a fly through there. I can easily try for it morning and
evening until it is caught. If I try a number of big uglies in there,
it must bite sooner or later!

I will keep you posted!

Pete Collin

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"Peter A. Collin" wrote in
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But I think I have a perfect line on a big fish.

There is a trout stream not far from where I live. I don't consider
it any great shakes - just a smallish stream with modest hatches and
smallish wild trout. It is within striking distance from a couple big
cities, so it gets pressure and publicity.

I have never caught anything bigger than 14 inches from this stream,
but have seen a few that were pretty big. This morning I fished the
trico hatch. They were spooky and infuriatingly tough - as trico
trout tend to be. After the spinner fall was done, I prospected
around in the clear water. There is some riprap that forms small
caves in places. I put a crayfish fly on and probed this one cave, my
fly in full sight. The biggest trout I have ever seen in this stream
showed itself twice, inspecting and swiping at the fly. Dark,
hookjawed male. 18 or 20 inches I would say. He wouldn't take, but
now I know where he lives. That cave must be his home save for
nighttime feeding. It is very easy to twitch a fly through there. I
can easily try for it morning and evening until it is caught. If I
try a number of big uglies in there, it must bite sooner or later!

I will keep you posted!

Pete Collin



As I have a very limited imagination, I'm having some trouble picturing
what you are describing. Perhaps it would be better if you just met me
there and showed me ....

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Scott
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Scott Seidman wrote:



As I have a very limited imagination, I'm having some trouble picturing
what you are describing. Perhaps it would be better if you just met me
there and showed me ....


Maybe afterward......!

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I will keep you posted!

I'd gladly loan you a Frank's Fightin' Craw and take you out there for
some instruction in its use. It may take a few hours of me casting,
but you'll get the hang of it.
Frank Reid

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Peter A. Collin wrote:

I can easily try for it morning and
evening until it is caught. If I try a number of big uglies in there,
it must bite sooner or later!

I will keep you posted!

Pete Collin

Coooool!!! Don't rattle him to badly until we all get to make
suggestions!

Despite the potential of a jin*, go ahead a carry a camera and a net
for the solo photo.

Over/Under on the number of days it'll take you to catch this fish is
difficult because if you get it rattled it might not reappear for a
while or it might relocate.

Initial Over/Under is 4 days (which includes most of Sunday) and I'll
take the Under for a dozen flies if anyone wants to wager.

bruce h

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bruiser wrote:
Peter A. Collin wrote:


I can easily try for it morning and
evening until it is caught. If I try a number of big uglies in there,
it must bite sooner or later!

I will keep you posted!

Pete Collin


Coooool!!! Don't rattle him to badly until we all get to make
suggestions!

Despite the potential of a jin*, go ahead a carry a camera and a net
for the solo photo.

Over/Under on the number of days it'll take you to catch this fish is
difficult because if you get it rattled it might not reappear for a
while or it might relocate.

Initial Over/Under is 4 days (which includes most of Sunday) and I'll
take the Under for a dozen flies if anyone wants to wager.

bruce h



You're on.

Willi

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bruiser wrote:

Initial Over/Under is 4 days (which includes most of Sunday) and I'll
take the Under for a dozen flies if anyone wants to wager.

That's a sucker bet. Peter will be back there tomorrow morning, if not
this evening. :-)

Personally, I'd go for the late afternoon. I'm assuming this is a brown,
because I know Peter has posted photos of big (BIG!) browns. Late
afternoon is when he should be getting hungry and restless in his hidey
hole.

Maybe a mouse? I wouldn't show him the same fly many times in a row.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

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allright Peter.... I know you're capable of getting out there and
earning me a dozen of Willis flies.... string up that rod and get out
there and get us a picture man!

Stealth! Presentation! Flourocarbon (what the hell)! Fly Selection!
Offerings to your particular Fishing God If You Have One!

bruce h

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rw wrote:
bruiser wrote:


Initial Over/Under is 4 days (which includes most of Sunday) and I'll
take the Under for a dozen flies if anyone wants to wager.


That's a sucker bet. Peter will be back there tomorrow morning, if not
this evening. :-)

Personally, I'd go for the late afternoon. I'm assuming this is a brown,
because I know Peter has posted photos of big (BIG!) browns. Late
afternoon is when he should be getting hungry and restless in his hidey
hole.

Maybe a mouse? I wouldn't show him the same fly many times in a row.



I don't think an extraordinary Brown is going to be that easy.

We'll see.

Willi

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bruiser wrote:
allright Peter.... I know you're capable of getting out there and
earning me a dozen of Willis flies.... string up that rod and get out
there and get us a picture man!

Stealth! Presentation! Flourocarbon (what the hell)! Fly Selection!
Offerings to your particular Fishing God If You Have One!

bruce h

That is the beauty of the spot - In broad daylight it is the fish that
is hidden, so I can ply away, watching my fly through a narrow opening.
I went back this afternoon, but found that the mid-afternoon sun
slants down in a way that would illuminate a good part of his lair. He
must move into the pool to feed at night, and that is another strategy
that I may try. The problem is that this is a very heavily fished pool,
and I don't want anybody to see what I am up to. This little rock cave
can easily be overlooked by people, because it is not the traditional
cast-and-drift lie. There was nobody in sight both times out, but on
the weekend all bets are off!

Pete Collin

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Peter A. Collin wrote:
bruiser wrote:

allright Peter.... I know you're capable of getting out there and
earning me a dozen of Willis flies.... string up that rod and get out
there and get us a picture man!

Stealth! Presentation! Flourocarbon (what the hell)! Fly Selection!
Offerings to your particular Fishing God If You Have One!

bruce h

That is the beauty of the spot - In broad daylight it is the fish that
is hidden, so I can ply away, watching my fly through a narrow opening.
I went back this afternoon,

Aha! I called it!

but found that the mid-afternoon sun slants
down in a way that would illuminate a good part of his lair. He must
move into the pool to feed at night, and that is another strategy that I
may try.

Good idea.

The problem is that this is a very heavily fished pool, and I
don't want anybody to see what I am up to. This little rock cave can
easily be overlooked by people, because it is not the traditional
cast-and-drift lie. There was nobody in sight both times out, but on
the weekend all bets are off!

I wouldn't fish it if there were anyone in sight.

This fish has seen all the usual ****. You're going to have to show him
something new and enticing.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

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In article . com,
says...

Coooool!!! Don't rattle him to badly until we all get to make
suggestions!


I would show her a heavily weighted olive woolly bugger, and strip
it back fast so she doesn't have time to think about it, and I would
show it to her about an hour before sunrise.



Over/Under on the ...

.... difference between the size you think the fish is, and the size
it actually measures: 4 inches, I take over.

Kevin