Friday's Fishin'

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I got out just ahead of a major Pacific storm today and found the conditions almost pleasant - the calm before the storm. Pond fishing again. Water temp was a steady 45 degrees. Air temp was about 55 degrees. Only a few showers but major storm warnings posted with coastal wind gusts of 100 MPH predicted. The predictions nearly put me off but once I got there I was glad I went.

Started out on my favorite lake and persuaded this Golden to eat my beaded bugger fly.



I hooked one more but did an LDR (Long Distance Release) on him.

The bite was slow so I got back into the truck and drove to another pond. This one didn't have the catch and release rules so I figured the fish would be smaller. They were. All were rainbows and they were very active. This first one was caught on a boobie (floating fly on a fast sinking fly line.)



Next I tried a bit of chironomiding with an indicator.



I caught a few using this method but it was very slow as only a few midges were emerging. Went to a Beadhead Seal Bugger/Wooly Bugger to finish off the day. Total score was 1 Golden and 18 Rainbows. Here are a few of the bows.

















I'll look forward to seeing pics from some other forum members once you all can get back out to the lakes.

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