It's a beautiful day!

No - nothing to do with politics :-)

Spend the best part of the day fishing upstream of the secret spot, as the
weather dude promised a banner day. He was spot on, it was a gorgeous day.
Nice high sky made it easy to spot the cruiser-class rainbows - and especially
to pick out the bows and browns from the spawning brookies, which were every
friggin' where, getting underfoot, bumping my shins. Nuisance animals ;-)

Best fish was the first one. I watched this dude for almost a half hour as he
kept lah-dee-dahing around and wouldn't settle long enough to spot a decent
drift at him. Even made conversation with a passing fisherman, consoling him
about being skunked to that point, while keeping an eye on the fish. Finally
mr trout found a comfortable spot to hang out and watch the world drift by, so
I bowled him a small flashback pt nymph - which he took on the first try. That
was pretty cool, if a bad omen, but it brought in 19" of thick rainbow,
colored up nicely. Guy I was speaking with took a shot, if he can remember my
email addy I'll post it.

Spent the whole day above the rt 9 bridge as Cady Lane looked packed. Mostly
it was avoiding the brookies to get to the others, and I caught a nice brown
and another bow before calling it an afternoon at dusk and joining the mad
dash already in progress on the turnpike.

Don't know how many days we'll get like this one before the snow falls...

/daytripper

"daytripper" wrote in message
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No - nothing to do with politics :-)

Spend the best part of the day fishing upstream of the secret spot, as the
weather dude promised a banner day. He was spot on, it was a gorgeous day.
Nice high sky made it easy to spot the cruiser-class rainbows - and
especially
to pick out the bows and browns from the spawning brookies, which were
every
friggin' where, getting underfoot, bumping my shins. Nuisance animals ;-)

Best fish was the first one. I watched this dude for almost a half hour as
he
kept lah-dee-dahing around and wouldn't settle long enough to spot a
decent
drift at him. Even made conversation with a passing fisherman, consoling
him
about being skunked to that point, while keeping an eye on the fish.
Finally
mr trout found a comfortable spot to hang out and watch the world drift
by, so
I bowled him a small flashback pt nymph - which he took on the first try.
That
was pretty cool, if a bad omen, but it brought in 19" of thick rainbow,
colored up nicely. Guy I was speaking with took a shot, if he can remember
my
email addy I'll post it.

Spent the whole day above the rt 9 bridge as Cady Lane looked packed.
Mostly
it was avoiding the brookies to get to the others, and I caught a nice
brown
and another bow before calling it an afternoon at dusk and joining the mad
dash already in progress on the turnpike.

Don't know how many days we'll get like this one before the snow falls...

/daytripper

Nice TR.... I envy you.

I got a weekend coming, but my home river has risen what looks like 6 feet
in the last 2 days, and the rivers I would normally fish this time of year
are all up in the Wall-mart parking lot....

daytripper typed:
No - nothing to do with politics :-)

Spend the best part of the day fishing upstream of the secret spot,
as the weather dude promised a banner day. He was spot on, it was a
gorgeous day. Nice high sky made it easy to spot the cruiser-class
rainbows - and especially to pick out the bows and browns from the
spawning brookies, which were every friggin' where, getting
underfoot, bumping my shins. Nuisance animals ;-)

Best fish was the first one. I watched this dude for almost a half
hour as he kept lah-dee-dahing around and wouldn't settle long enough
to spot a decent drift at him. Even made conversation with a passing
fisherman, consoling him about being skunked to that point, while
keeping an eye on the fish. Finally mr trout found a comfortable spot
to hang out and watch the world drift by, so I bowled him a small
flashback pt nymph - which he took on the first try. That was pretty
cool, if a bad omen, but it brought in 19" of thick rainbow, colored
up nicely. Guy I was speaking with took a shot, if he can remember my
email addy I'll post it.

Spent the whole day above the rt 9 bridge as Cady Lane looked packed.
Mostly it was avoiding the brookies to get to the others, and I
caught a nice brown and another bow before calling it an afternoon at
dusk and joining the mad dash already in progress on the turnpike.

Don't know how many days we'll get like this one before the snow
falls...

It was a great day.

I just came in from reclining outside where I thoroughly enjoyed an
Ashton Cabinet Pyramid and a glass of Merlot. This after printing and
reading Wolfgang's "speckled trout" post - very nice indeed. I don't
think I've just watched and appreciated the clear night sky any more in
my life. Interesting I came back in to read this after just thinking
there won't be many more of these nights this year. You were smart to
get out today, and I'm glad to hear you did well.
--
TL,
Tim
---------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj/

On Nov 9, 8:07 pm, "Tim J." wrote:
daytripper typed:





No - nothing to do with politics :-)

Spend the best part of the day fishing upstream of the secret spot,
as the weather dude promised a banner day. He was spot on, it was a
gorgeous day. Nice high sky made it easy to spot the cruiser-class
rainbows - and especially to pick out the bows and browns from the
spawning brookies, which were every friggin' where, getting
underfoot, bumping my shins. Nuisance animals ;-)

Best fish was the first one. I watched this dude for almost a half
hour as he kept lah-dee-dahing around and wouldn't settle long enough
to spot a decent drift at him. Even made conversation with a passing
fisherman, consoling him about being skunked to that point, while
keeping an eye on the fish. Finally mr trout found a comfortable spot
to hang out and watch the world drift by, so I bowled him a small
flashback pt nymph - which he took on the first try. That was pretty
cool, if a bad omen, but it brought in 19" of thick rainbow, colored
up nicely. Guy I was speaking with took a shot, if he can remember my
email addy I'll post it.

Spent the whole day above the rt 9 bridge as Cady Lane looked packed.
Mostly it was avoiding the brookies to get to the others, and I
caught a nice brown and another bow before calling it an afternoon at
dusk and joining the mad dash already in progress on the turnpike.

Don't know how many days we'll get like this one before the snow
falls...It was a great day.

I just came in from reclining outside where I thoroughly enjoyed an
Ashton Cabinet Pyramid and a glass of Merlot. This after printing and
reading Wolfgang's "speckled trout" post - very nice indeed. I don't
think I've just watched and appreciated the clear night sky any more in
my life. Interesting I came back in to read this after just thinking
there won't be many more of these nights this year. You were smart to
get out today, and I'm glad to hear you did well.
--
TL,
Tim
---------------------------http://css.sbcma.com/timj/- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text

IIRC, last year , about this time, I played hookey for part of an
afternoon, and fished Cady Lane with you and Mr Tripper. It was a
beautiful afternoon, like today, and turned out to be my last trip of
season, as it snowed a few days later, and the weather continued ugly.
I had hoped to get out a while tomorrow, but it turns out I'll be stuck
in a sales meeting. I'll be out Saturday, along with the crowd, hoping
it's not the last time this year.

George Adams typed:
On Nov 9, 8:07 pm, "Tim J." wrote:
daytripper typed:
No - nothing to do with politics :-)

Spend the best part of the day fishing upstream of the secret spot,
as the weather dude promised a banner day. He was spot on, it was a
gorgeous day. Nice high sky made it easy to spot the cruiser-class
rainbows - and especially to pick out the bows and browns from the
spawning brookies, which were every friggin' where, getting
underfoot, bumping my shins. Nuisance animals ;-)

Best fish was the first one. I watched this dude for almost a half
hour as he kept lah-dee-dahing around and wouldn't settle long
enough to spot a decent drift at him. Even made conversation with a
passing fisherman, consoling him about being skunked to that point,
while keeping an eye on the fish. Finally mr trout found a
comfortable spot to hang out and watch the world drift by, so I
bowled him a small flashback pt nymph - which he took on the first
try. That was pretty cool, if a bad omen, but it brought in 19" of
thick rainbow, colored up nicely. Guy I was speaking with took a
shot, if he can remember my email addy I'll post it.

Spent the whole day above the rt 9 bridge as Cady Lane looked
packed. Mostly it was avoiding the brookies to get to the others,
and I caught a nice brown and another bow before calling it an
afternoon at dusk and joining the mad dash already in progress on
the turnpike.

Don't know how many days we'll get like this one before the snow
falls...It was a great day.

I just came in from reclining outside where I thoroughly enjoyed an
Ashton Cabinet Pyramid and a glass of Merlot. This after printing and
reading Wolfgang's "speckled trout" post - very nice indeed. I don't
think I've just watched and appreciated the clear night sky any more
in my life. Interesting I came back in to read this after just
thinking
there won't be many more of these nights this year. You were smart to
get out today, and I'm glad to hear you did well.

IIRC, last year , about this time, I played hookey for part of an
afternoon, and fished Cady Lane with you and Mr Tripper. It was a
beautiful afternoon, like today, and turned out to be my last trip of
season, as it snowed a few days later, and the weather continued ugly.
I had hoped to get out a while tomorrow, but it turns out I'll be
stuck in a sales meeting. I'll be out Saturday, along with the crowd,
hoping it's not the last time this year.

If the weather holds at all, I'll see about getting out there with you.
It's been a weird season, to say the least. Normally by now we would
have at least fished together a few times. What with work being
especially insane this year and high water for a good part of the year,
that didn't happen. Oh well - we're in Red Sox territory and there's
always next year.
--
TL,
Tim
---------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj/

On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 22:14:20 -0500, "Tim J."
wrote:


George Adams typed:
On Nov 9, 8:07 pm, "Tim J." wrote:
daytripper typed:
No - nothing to do with politics :-)

Spend the best part of the day fishing upstream of the secret spot,
as the weather dude promised a banner day. He was spot on, it was a
gorgeous day. Nice high sky made it easy to spot the cruiser-class
rainbows - and especially to pick out the bows and browns from the
spawning brookies, which were every friggin' where, getting
underfoot, bumping my shins. Nuisance animals ;-)

Best fish was the first one. I watched this dude for almost a half
hour as he kept lah-dee-dahing around and wouldn't settle long
enough to spot a decent drift at him. Even made conversation with a
passing fisherman, consoling him about being skunked to that point,
while keeping an eye on the fish. Finally mr trout found a
comfortable spot to hang out and watch the world drift by, so I
bowled him a small flashback pt nymph - which he took on the first
try. That was pretty cool, if a bad omen, but it brought in 19" of
thick rainbow, colored up nicely. Guy I was speaking with took a
shot, if he can remember my email addy I'll post it.

Spent the whole day above the rt 9 bridge as Cady Lane looked
packed. Mostly it was avoiding the brookies to get to the others,
and I caught a nice brown and another bow before calling it an
afternoon at dusk and joining the mad dash already in progress on
the turnpike.

Don't know how many days we'll get like this one before the snow
falls...It was a great day.

I just came in from reclining outside where I thoroughly enjoyed an
Ashton Cabinet Pyramid and a glass of Merlot. This after printing and
reading Wolfgang's "speckled trout" post - very nice indeed. I don't
think I've just watched and appreciated the clear night sky any more
in my life. Interesting I came back in to read this after just
thinking
there won't be many more of these nights this year. You were smart to
get out today, and I'm glad to hear you did well.

IIRC, last year , about this time, I played hookey for part of an
afternoon, and fished Cady Lane with you and Mr Tripper. It was a
beautiful afternoon, like today, and turned out to be my last trip of
season, as it snowed a few days later, and the weather continued ugly.
I had hoped to get out a while tomorrow, but it turns out I'll be
stuck in a sales meeting. I'll be out Saturday, along with the crowd,
hoping it's not the last time this year.

If the weather holds at all, I'll see about getting out there with you.
It's been a weird season, to say the least. Normally by now we would
have at least fished together a few times. What with work being
especially insane this year and high water for a good part of the year,
that didn't happen. Oh well - we're in Red Sox territory and there's
always next year.

You should have good weather on Saturday, not quite as nice as today was, but
warmer than normal and dry until evening. With luck everyone else will be home
raking leaves :-)

On the way out to the river every stream I saw was at high tide. The
Stillwater was way high, and the Quinni was unapproachably out of its banks.
So I expected the Quabbin would be over the flashboards. But no, the only
water in the river was from the bubbler, piddling along at around 60 cfs, and
so the river was as low as it gets.

Aside from a few random rises, there was nothing bringing the fish to the
surface, and I was there through the warmest part of the day to dusk. All
three fish I caught were on the same #16 flashback pt nymph. Best one was just
below the most upstream wingdam...

/daytripper