TR - Opportunity

My opportunities to fish have been few the past year or so. Because of
some server problems at work I had all ready accumulated 38 hours of
overtime by 10:00 a.m. last Thursday. So when my boss came to me and
said, "Get out of here. Go fishing or something." I didn't wait around
for him to change his mind. I quickly jumped online and bought a fishing
license and went home and grabbed my stuff.

I decided on a small stream that is just three minutes from my house.
The stream is actually the Spanish Fork River but most of the year it
just has a small amount of water in it as most of the water is diverted
for irrigation. Just enough water is left to support a population of
brown trout.

The fish dispersion in this stream seems kind of odd to me. The first
section of this stream is a typical pool and pocket water type of
stream. However, all of the fish are in the pools and none in the
pockets in the stretches in between the pools. Seems a bit odd to me.
But, I digress.

This stream was probably not the best choice for the first fishing of
the year. The water is crystal clear and, as mentioned, all of the fish
are in the pools and spook very easily. Even a poorly placed long leader
will put them down.

Well, to be kind, my casting sucked. More than usual. After fishing an
hour I had had nary a curious glance at my offered feathered morsel but
had managed to scare the begeebies out of a number of rising trout. I
then came to a pool that is fed by a three-foot cascade of water from an
old diversion dam. I cast into the bottom of the pool then looked down
to reposition my feet, looked up and started to recast only to realize
that I had a fish on. Just my luck, FFOTY and I can't even claim it. I
brought to hand a kind of skinny seven-inch brown and quickly released him.

After a few more casts, my fly fly sunk in the turbulent pool but I kept
an eye on the leader. It made a funny move sideways and I set the hook.
Good grief. It worked! I had a fish on. This guy put up a heck of a
fight but I soon landed a nice fat twelve-inch brown. I removed the hook
from his mouth and paused to look at him. I then thought of my wife,
grabbed a rock and whacked him on the head. He quivered and died.

Now wait, it's not what it seems. Hear me out. My wife understands my
love of fishing but she just cannot understand spending the time and
money on fishing that I do and then coming home from a fishing trip with
nothing but fish stories. Besides, she loves fish. She is from Rio and
grew up eating lots of fish. So, when I paused and looked at the fish, I
decided that she deserved a fish fry, so I conked the fish. My plan.
then, was to keep four for a nice family meal, but the fish had other
plans as I was only able to land one other fish, a nice plump ten-inch
brown. They would have to do.

Though not many fish were landed, it was a great day to start the season.

I was home before my wife got home from work and had dinner well under
way when she arrived. To say she was delighted with the trout would be
an understatement. She even liked the way I cooked them.


Russell

Guilt killed the fish.

"Russell D." wrote in message
...
I soon landed a nice fat twelve-inch brown. I removed the hook
from his mouth and paused to look at him. I then thought of my wife,
grabbed a rock and whacked him on the head.

actually, a great read, Russell!! And some would say
that nothing much of note gets written here about fishing!
That snippet above, did make me laugh, and darn it, I'm not buying your
explanation of it! Great contribution, once
again!!
Tom

"Russell D." wrote


Though not many fish were landed, it was a great day to start the season.

I was home before my wife got home from work and had dinner well under
way when she arrived. To say she was delighted with the trout would be
an understatement. She even liked the way I cooked them.




Wonderful ! Thanks for sharing.

Russell D. typed:
My opportunities to fish have been few the past year or so.
snip

Nice report, Russell - a great way for me to start this Friday morning. It's
good to see your posts again.
--
TL,
Tim
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On Apr 13, 6:00 am, "Tim J."
wrote:

Nice report, Russell - a great way for me to start this Friday morning. It's good to see your posts again.

2x. Or x2.

Jon.

On Apr 13, 9:33 am, wrote:
2x. Or x2.

I dunno; 2x seems a pretty heavy tippet for a 12" rainbow. :-)

Thanks for the TR, Russell.

Joe F.

Russell D. wrote:

... This guy put up a heck of a
fight but I soon landed a nice fat twelve-inch brown. I removed the hook
from his mouth and paused to look at him. I then thought of my wife,
grabbed a rock and whacked him on the head. He quivered and died.

Now wait, it's not what it seems. Hear me out.

LOL !!

My wife understands my
love of fishing but she just cannot understand spending the time and
money on fishing that I do and then coming home from a fishing trip with
nothing but fish stories. Besides, she loves fish.

My wife is the same way, she often reminds me that I never bring
home any fish to eat. She's not much fond of trout but she keeps
trying to talk me into to taking up walleye fishing.

...
Though not many fish were landed, it was a great day to start the season.

And a great read on a Friday morning. Thanks for the TR.

--
Ken Fortenberry

Thanks for the kind words, gentlemen. It was really nice to finally have
a fishing trip to report on.

Russell

wrote:
On Apr 13, 6:00 am, "Tim J."
wrote:

Nice report, Russell - a great way for me to start this Friday morning. It's good to see your posts again.

2x. Or x2.

Jon.


???? I may be dense but I'm not sure what this is about.

Russell

"Russell D." wrote in message
...
???? I may be dense but I'm not sure what this is about.

Yeah, you're dense. He meant "the same goes for me, double." More or
less.

Joe