Flowin' and the Wind

Date: April 13, 2008
Location: The Great Lawn
Air temp: low 40s
Water temp: ?
Hatches: BWOs
Fish landed: 5 (browns)

Present members of the Fly Anglers Guild :|: Upper Midwest Chapter, for this outing were:

Xan
Timbo
Quickdraw


We, of the Fly Anglers Guild :|: Upper Midwest Chapter, formally change the name of the "above the bridge" spot to: "The Great Lawn."

And so it is done and recorded.

Anyways, we went to the Great Lawn to test our luck after recent rains. Saturday's expedition was canceled due to high water levels and strong winds. By Sunday, both had receded enough to allow for some fishing.

We finally (this season) came across another car in the lot. Two gents were fishing the actual great lawn area, so we decided to hike upstream to water we had yet to visit this year, fishing the usual spots along the way.




The day was windy, with healthy flow rates and brown water making the faster runs tough to fish. As we made our way up, we started to pick off trout here and there. A few nice browns were landed, and many, many flies were lost by all.




Late in the day, Timbo found a run far upstream and laid waste to the trout armies. In a single stretch, he quickly got into double digits.

We hiked a bit further up, but eventually heeded the siren call of the (spicy) curd. After we departed the spot, I came to know why we perform the Scotty Mac Memorial Walk Around when we are packing up. We of course had neglected to do the Scotty Mac Memorial Walk Around, and my reel fell off my back bumper at a "T" in the road. This delayed our EPB&G visit, but I was able to recover my reel, and a newfound appreciation of the Scotty Mac Memorial Walk Around.

Even if Scotty Mac is a douche who never fishes.