Trico TR (13' Leader on an 8' Rod)

Took my time this morning getting to the River. Gassed up the Taurus.
Picked up a couple doughnuts from the Pig. By the time I parked at the
bridge at 8 the fish were already rising.

No wind, so I pulled out the 8', 3 weight Heritage. In honor of my
first trico outing I put on a new leader, first since May. Since I was
going to start with a bigger fly (a #12 Pass Lake) I also tied on an
extra 4' of 5X tippet.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...MG_0005a-1.jpg
My Trico Pattern

The fish were rising right by the bridge. Within seconds I got a taker
on the big, black fly. There was a pod of a dozen fish or so and I
probably hooked half of them before they were put down. Nothing huge
but they fought well against the little rod.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../IMG_0002a.jpg
Bridge Brookie


Fished my way upstream. Of course the wind picked up and I had to cast
into it with my floppy leader. There were bugs and risers everywhere.
The fish wouldn't move far, even for the bigger fly. But if you could
get it in their feeding lane you were o.k..

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v2...t=tricovid.flv
Trico Feeders

I fished up through about a half mile of water. At the very tail end
of the hatch, when the splashy rises had faded to faint dimples, I
would have done better if there had been a real trico spinner on my
line (I've got a whole box of tricos in my vest). Or even if I had
tied one at end of a 2' length of 6X patched to the end of my Pass
Lake. But the thought of trying to control 15' of leader on the
little rod was too daunting to contemplate. So for the last 15 minutes
of the spinner fall I had more refusals than takes on the big fly. And
then, like a faucet shutting off, the fall stopped. Turning back, I
took an occasional trout from under bushes and in lanes in the weeds.
By 11 I was back at the car and heading home.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...MG_0007a-2.jpg
After the Fall


g.c.

George that video was great.........Thanks for your reports ...........

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:14:23 -0700 (PDT), Mike
wrote:

George that video was great.........Thanks for your reports ...........


I just realized that the link to the vid was broken (not that its a
Fellini or anything). Try this:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v2...t=tricovid.flv


hth

Geo.C.

On Jul 24, 9:46*am, George Cleveland
wrote:
On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:14:23 -0700 (PDT), Mike

wrote:
George that video was great.........Thanks for your reports ...........

I just realized that the link to the vid was broken (not that its a
Fellini or anything). Try this:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v2...tion=view&curr....

I'm going to just put that video on a loop and listen to it for a
while this morning. Maybe with your "after the fall" photo as
wallpaper.

Thanks, George!

Wm

George Cleveland wrote:
On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:14:23 -0700 (PDT), Mike
wrote:

George that video was great.........Thanks for your reports
...........


I just realized that the link to the vid was broken (not that its a
Fellini or anything). Try this:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v2...t=tricovid.flv

Nice, George. Rising fish are always a blast to watch.
--
TL,
Tim
-------------------------
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George Cleveland a écrit :
Took my time this morning getting to the River. Gassed up the Taurus.
Picked up a couple doughnuts from the Pig. By the time I parked at the
bridge at 8 the fish were already rising.



A nice day, a nice story. Thanks for sharing. :-)

--
Hope to read you soon,

Denis
www.uqtr.ca/~lamyd

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On Jul 21, 7:54 pm, George Cleveland
wrote:
Took my time this morning getting to the River. Gassed up the Taurus.
Picked up a couple doughnuts from the Pig. By the time I parked at the
bridge at 8 the fish were already rising.

No wind, so I pulled out the 8', 3 weight Heritage. In honor of my
first trico outing I put on a new leader, first since May. Since I was
going to start with a bigger fly (a #12 Pass Lake) I also tied on an
extra 4' of 5X tippet.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...MG_0005a-1.jpg
My Trico Pattern

The fish were rising right by the bridge. Within seconds I got a taker
on the big, black fly. There was a pod of a dozen fish or so and I
probably hooked half of them before they were put down. Nothing huge
but they fought well against the little rod.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../IMG_0002a.jpg
Bridge Brookie

Fished my way upstream. Of course the wind picked up and I had to cast
into it with my floppy leader. There were bugs and risers everywhere.
The fish wouldn't move far, even for the bigger fly. But if you could
get it in their feeding lane you were o.k..

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v2...tion=view&curr...
Trico Feeders

I fished up through about a half mile of water. At the very tail end
of the hatch, when the splashy rises had faded to faint dimples, I
would have done better if there had been a real trico spinner on my
line (I've got a whole box of tricos in my vest). Or even if I had
tied one at end of a 2' length of 6X patched to the end of my Pass
Lake. But the thought of trying to control 15' of leader on the
little rod was too daunting to contemplate. So for the last 15 minutes
of the spinner fall I had more refusals than takes on the big fly. And
then, like a faucet shutting off, the fall stopped. Turning back, I
took an occasional trout from under bushes and in lanes in the weeds.
By 11 I was back at the car and heading home.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...MG_0007a-2.jpg
After the Fall

g.c.

Thanks, George. I always enjoy your fishing trips.