"Conan The Librarian" wrote...
Daniel-San wrote:

[little snip]

Pulled into the South Valley Road access about 6:30, set up and wandered
to
the water. First fly was my humble submission to the DDFS. Nothing.
Today,
that fly was as useful as tits on a bull. So, next up, the Picket Pin,
expertly crafted by Stan Gula. Tossed it around a bit, may have gotten
one
small hit. Not a good day for that one, either. Next up was the Madam
CDC.
Kind of hopper-esque, and nicely tyed as well. After about ten minutes,
I
got my first fish of the day. Nothing too exciting, an 8 inch 'bow, but
a
fish nonetheless. Yup, tossed that fly around for a little longer than
the
previous two.

Cool. Glad you had some luck with it. I've only used it on bass
around here, so it's nice to know that there are some trout stupid
enough to hit it as well. ;-)


The stupid trout population is down this year. I'm really hoping the trout
schools are having the same budget crises that all the other schools are, so
the ratio of stupid to intelligent trout goes up.



BD's flies are always good.

I'm glad I entered this swap. More patterns to try tying, more reasons to
fish.

I can't wait for some rain to get some
water back in our local rivers so I can give it a shot. (It'd also be
nice if the temps got down below 100 for a change. Today is supposed to
be our 8th day in a row above 100. It's been insane.)

Weather has been very strange this year. No rain for most of the summer,
then quite a bit in the last couple of weeks. Agreed, insane.


A fine day on the creek.

Anyway, many thanks to the swappers for their fine efforts. I hope to
try
out the rest next week, assuming the weather holds.

Thanks to you for the test drive and report.


Chuck Vance

Dan