Day 85
Spent the afternoon at Bear Creek today to try out some new flies I tied. The weather was nice with a little breeze and the flows were at 11cfs. I had tied different versions of a parachute adams, some in gray some in olive and a couple each in blue and chartreuse(bright green) all in size 20 and wanted to try them out to see what worked.
I start the day just up from the parking lot and catch a nice size brown within minutes of arriving on the chartreuse pattern. After a few more casts with a couple of looks I get hung up in a tree and loose the fly. I decide to move downstream a ways and try out the gray pattern. After a couple of near hits I finally land one on the gray. I keep casting to some other fish in the same area and after some effort I finally land another. I switch up flies and tie on a olive pattern and cast in a near by run. I can see a couple of fish feeding on the surface and finally get the right drift and land another fish. I turn back to my original run and start casting to a few different fish I can see feeding. Quite a few more casts and I finally land a another fish, a nice size rainbow that unfortunately I miss hooked.
During the the times when I wasn't catching fish I was losing flies in the trees and getting snagged on everything. I must have ruined 10 holes by getting snagged on the first cast. I also hooked another five fish throughout the day that I did not manage to land, a couple because I did not use a net for sure.
For the last part of the day I try my new favorite spot and tie on blue pattern to see what works. After a few casts I land a little brown in some faster water. I keep trying with the blue but don't have any luck so I try the chartreuse again. A few more casts and another little brown landed. I try a near by spot and have no luck with the chartreuse so I tie on a gray to finish the day. With some effort I finally catch another little brown before the winds kick up and I decide to call it a day.
Overall a great three hours of fishing with the flies I tied! Couldn't be happier with my fly tying efforts.
Rod: Motsugo 9'
Line: 3rd Gen Traditional Tenkara 10 1/2'
Flies that worked: Parachute Adams in Gray, Olive, Blue and Chartreuse(bright green)
I start the day just up from the parking lot and catch a nice size brown within minutes of arriving on the chartreuse pattern. After a few more casts with a couple of looks I get hung up in a tree and loose the fly. I decide to move downstream a ways and try out the gray pattern. After a couple of near hits I finally land one on the gray. I keep casting to some other fish in the same area and after some effort I finally land another. I switch up flies and tie on a olive pattern and cast in a near by run. I can see a couple of fish feeding on the surface and finally get the right drift and land another fish. I turn back to my original run and start casting to a few different fish I can see feeding. Quite a few more casts and I finally land a another fish, a nice size rainbow that unfortunately I miss hooked.
During the the times when I wasn't catching fish I was losing flies in the trees and getting snagged on everything. I must have ruined 10 holes by getting snagged on the first cast. I also hooked another five fish throughout the day that I did not manage to land, a couple because I did not use a net for sure.For the last part of the day I try my new favorite spot and tie on blue pattern to see what works. After a few casts I land a little brown in some faster water. I keep trying with the blue but don't have any luck so I try the chartreuse again. A few more casts and another little brown landed. I try a near by spot and have no luck with the chartreuse so I tie on a gray to finish the day. With some effort I finally catch another little brown before the winds kick up and I decide to call it a day.
Overall a great three hours of fishing with the flies I tied! Couldn't be happier with my fly tying efforts.
Rod: Motsugo 9'
Line: 3rd Gen Traditional Tenkara 10 1/2'
Flies that worked: Parachute Adams in Gray, Olive, Blue and Chartreuse(bright green)
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