In the Eye of the Storm
It really was uncomfortably hot in the Eye of the Storm today and yet strangely damp- my fly box lying out by my bag was soaking wet, with what could only have been the humidity. My sunglasses too kept steaming up!
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Author: unfamous
Not So Wet
I cast again and there was a beautiful take as a Rainbow “porpoised” right onto the fly. No hesitation, no subtle take, just bam! Suddenly, the day didn’t seem so miserable. Actually, it wasn’t anyway, as the rain had stopped, there was a perfect light east/Southeasterly breeze, a perfect ripple or light wave and fish willing to take a look at flies presented on top.
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Tenuous Roman Connections
Another cast and this time a fairly hesitant pull that I wasn’t really sure was connected to a fish, though I tightened in all the same and yes, a fish was on. This was where things were very odd- certainly, I haven’t seen anything like this before. So the fish was out on quite a long line and I was pulling it in by hand, it was not as big a Brown Trout as the first.
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A Magnificent Faughlin Seven
On my ongoing quest to freshen up my fishing by getting to places I have yet to wet a line, today I decided to head to Faughlin Reservoir, a trout fishery run by Jimmy Feeney over at Carron Valley.
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Faughlin Reservoir Trout Fishery
Faughlin Reservoir is an old reservoir that sits in the Carron Valley to the east of the main Carron Valley Reservoir and is operated as a small Stillwater by the Carron Valley Fishery. It has more of a “club” feel to it and I understand there is a fairly regular group of season ticket members who frequent the water giving it this atmosphere.
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