Dates: April 24, 2010
Location: New Curd spot
Air temp: ?
Water temp: ?
Hatches: ?
Fish landed: a few brookies
Present members of the Fly Anglers Guild :|: Upper Midwest Chapter, for this outing were:
QD
Xan
It was time to do our part. Quickie and I went out to help clean up the Curd river. We were assigned a short stretch downstream from the Club, where we picked the area clean of cigarette butts, cans, and the random car axle. After a lovely lunch of chicken and dumpling soup, it was time to fish.
We decided to find some new water, away from the other cleaning hordes. We found a spot between the Gallery and Methtell, and wandered around in a light rain. As usual, I caught some dinky, but beautifully colored brook trout, and one of a somewhat respectable size. Every decent trout I had on popped off. The action was about the same for QD, who also landed a decent brookie. The highlight of this area was our close encounter with some milk cows. Here, you see the tail end of a cow urinating. And that, my friends, is where curds come from.
Dates: April 17, 2010
Location: Eagle and Club
Air temp: ?
Water temp: ?
Hatches: Caddis
Fish landed: a few
Present members of the Fly Anglers Guild :|: Upper Midwest Chapter, for this outing were:
QD
TP
Xan
Having a hard time deciding where to fish, we wound up at Eagle. After a quick jaunt upstream, we reversed course and fished our way downstream to the mousing pools. It was a slow go, but a few fish were landed here and there by the group. Caddis were out and about, with a few fish rising to them.
We then headed out to the Club, where we hiked a ways downstream. I almost caught two trout on a caddis dry, but my hook set timing was off, and dry fly fishing sucks balls anyways. The day ended after we made it close to the upstream reaches of the Great Lawn. TP landed a decent trout on a downstream caddis dry presentation.
Dates: April 4, 2010
Location: Warwick
Air temp: ?
Water temp: ?
Hatches: ?
Fish landed: around 3
Present members of the Fly Anglers Guild :|: Upper Midwest Chapter, for this outing were:
Xan
Needing to feel the tug of an actual fish on my line , I went to the Warwick. I went to a spot up from the park that I had fished once before, and hiked downstream to do some exploring. As is usually the case with exploring, I didn't catch shit, nor did I find much good water.Driving back toward the park, I went to one of my money runs. Landing a few small bows, I decided to do some more exploring to finish the day. I had never gone upstream from the bridge at this spot, and I was rewarded with the only decent fish of the day. Casting my nymphs in a shallow riffle, I hooked into a bow that put up an acrobatic fight. It wasn't huge, but after the dinky bows prior, it was nice to catch a fish. The rest of the exploratory mission was the usual crap.
Dates: April 3, 2010
Location: V
Air temp: ?
Water temp: ?
Hatches: ?
Fish landed: 0
Present members of the Fly Anglers Guild :|: Upper Midwest Chapter, for this outing were:
Xan
It was time for a solid skunking, so I went to the V. I went to my usual haunt, wandered pretty far upstream, and got skunked. I saw some fish in clear, slow water, but they saw me, and wanted nothing to do with my nymphs. Just another day on the V.
