TR: skunked

Don't you just *hate* when that happens?

I should have known things weren't going to go well for me yesterday
afternoon. The first sign was when I went to change flies and discovered
I'd left my fly box back at the car. Oh, well, I thought. The
quarter-mile walk would do me good. The good news was that the box was
still on top of the car.

There were several hatches going on, which led to the second error:
matching the hatch. I just happened to (eventually) have the right size
and pattern to match the bugs, but they weren't having any of it. I
tried dries, emergers, and nymphs to complete the cycle - nada, zip,
zilch. I got a lot of splashy refusals, which normally leads me to
change size. That didn't do the trick this time.

As I was walking out, a gentleman was exiting the river just a bit
upstream from me. As we chatted, he told me about the four fish he had
caught in the last half-hour, one of them a 24-inch rainbow. He was
using a beetle pattern and something that looked suspiciously similar to
a pass lake. Doh!

The good news is that I *finally* found and sealed a hole in one of the
booties of my waders; this after going through a whole tube of Aquaseal
on the seams. Woo-HOO! Dry feet! The hole was made by my big toenail in
the booty roof and virtually invisible. I just happened to feel the weak
spot as I was patching the seams. It was those freakin' short Chota
boots that claimed to be a size 14. If any roffian wears a size 13 and
would like a good slightly-worn pair of Chotas, let me know. The 14s
should fit perfectly.
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj

Tim J. wrote:
Don't you just *hate* when that happens?

I should have known things weren't going to go well for me yesterday
afternoon. The first sign was when I went to change flies and discovered
I'd left my fly box back at the car. Oh, well, I thought. The
quarter-mile walk would do me good. The good news was that the box was
still on top of the car.

There were several hatches going on, which led to the second error:
matching the hatch. I just happened to (eventually) have the right size
and pattern to match the bugs, but they weren't having any of it. I
tried dries, emergers, and nymphs to complete the cycle - nada, zip,
zilch. I got a lot of splashy refusals, which normally leads me to
change size. That didn't do the trick this time.

As I was walking out, a gentleman was exiting the river just a bit
upstream from me. As we chatted, he told me about the four fish he had
caught in the last half-hour, one of them a 24-inch rainbow. He was
using a beetle pattern and something that looked suspiciously similar to
a pass lake. Doh!

The good news is that I *finally* found and sealed a hole in one of the
booties of my waders; this after going through a whole tube of Aquaseal
on the seams. Woo-HOO! Dry feet! The hole was made by my big toenail in
the booty roof and virtually invisible. I just happened to feel the weak
spot as I was patching the seams. It was those freakin' short Chota
boots that claimed to be a size 14. If any roffian wears a size 13 and
would like a good slightly-worn pair of Chotas, let me know. The 14s
should fit perfectly.
--
TL,
Tim
Were you fishing the Swift? I spotted a really big rainbow about 75
yards above the "secret spot" right after the water went down....maybe
the same fish?

I fished the Farmington above the TMA for a couple of hours yesterday,
and did real well. By far the best was a 20" rainbow caught on a #18
Sulphur nymph tied to a 7X tippet...good time! Also scored a real
pretty 12" brookie, and a few browns. Likely will fish the Swift over
the weekend.

Make sure you have ants, beetles and inchworms with you when you fish.
It's that time of year already.

Oh yeah, and cut your toenails. {;-)

George Adams wrote:
Tim J. wrote:
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As I was walking out, a gentleman was exiting the river just a bit
upstream from me. As we chatted, he told me about the four fish he
had caught in the last half-hour, one of them a 24-inch rainbow. He
was using a beetle pattern and something that looked suspiciously
similar to a pass lake. Doh!

The good news is that I *finally* found and sealed a hole in one of
the booties of my waders; this after going through a whole tube of
Aquaseal on the seams. Woo-HOO! Dry feet! The hole was made by my
big toenail in the booty roof and virtually invisible. I just
happened to feel the weak spot as I was patching the seams. It was
those freakin' short Chota boots that claimed to be a size 14. If
any roffian wears a size 13 and would like a good slightly-worn pair
of Chotas, let me know. The 14s should fit perfectly.

Were you fishing the Swift? I spotted a really big rainbow about 75
yards above the "secret spot" right after the water went down....maybe
the same fish?

That's where the guy was fishing, so it's possible.

I fished the Farmington above the TMA for a couple of hours yesterday,
and did real well. By far the best was a 20" rainbow caught on a #18
Sulphur nymph tied to a 7X tippet...good time! Also scored a real
pretty 12" brookie, and a few browns. Likely will fish the Swift over
the weekend.

Make sure you have ants, beetles and inchworms with you when you fish.
It's that time of year already.

I guess so. Time flies when you're having fun.

Oh yeah, and cut your toenails. {;-)

I'll have to start doing that. When I was wearing the Chotas, they would
just wear down.
--
TL,
Tim
------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

George Adams wrote:

Oh yeah, and cut your toenails. {;-)

I was going to suggest to Tim that he make himself a pair of duck tape
booties to cover those nasty toenails, but I might be interested in his
Chotas so I don't want to **** him off. Hope he doesn't read thisg.
--
Stan Gula
http://gula.org/roffswaps

Stan Gula wrote:
George Adams wrote:

Oh yeah, and cut your toenails. {;-)

I was going to suggest to Tim that he make himself a pair of duck tape
booties to cover those nasty toenails, but I might be interested in
his Chotas so I don't want to **** him off. Hope he doesn't read
thisg.

I may not be reading this, but rest assured that Becky is.

You're more than welcome to the Chotas, but they may be too narrow for
you. They kind of run small all the way around.
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj