The Garbage Man Can (Fish the Dry)

Date: April 19, 2008
Location: Lower Curd and Upper K
Air temp: 60s
Water temp: ?
Hatches: BWOs
Fish landed: 10 (browns)

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

Quickdraw
Jess
Xan
TAFKAY
Scotty Mac


Whether it's court imposed or not, community service embiggens the spirit of the Guild. The Fly Angler's Guild :|: Upper Midwest Chapter joined the call to clean the Curd River. Sponsored by a few of our fellow local fly angler societies, over a hundred forty folks gathered to clean vast swaths of the river area.

Suck the teat, gently

We didn't find anything too unusual. Wisconsin waters tend to be well respected by their visitors. Nonetheless, we made a decent haul of items, found along the lower stretches of the Curd.






After cleanup, we had some chili, provided by the sponsors. Figuring the Curd would be packed with fisherman, we headed to Lunds to stock up on flies. QD and Jess parted ways with us, and the remainder went to the Upper for some hot dry fly action.

While many of the fish caught were little guys, sent flying across the stream during hook sets, there was surface activity all day. After trying a BWO parachute and a white mayfly, I finally settled in on a grey and brownish mayfly pattern and caught fish at a regular pace. By the seventh fish, I finally started landing fish of decent size, but alas, no piggies.

All in all, a fine day of the dry.