Dad had steelbows on his mind. But not me, Erie is a zoo. Low water, spooky, well decorated fish, tons of goofballs. After the recent successes in the highlands I convinced him to take a Troutbum trip with us. Was out in South Side with friends for a birthday, got home around 1:30am, slept for a few hours, Dad arrived at 5, picked up Logan in Washpa and off to the mountains. Met up with Uncle Tom in the parking lot. Fished the main spots with no success, made our way down to the river.
Picked up this girlie on a white bugger
Then this little wild fella on an egg pattern
Wild Boyz
Made it down to the main river, Dad went for a swim, Uncle Tom wandered, Logan drank a beer, I fished.Saw a piggie Palimino hanging out at the mouth, wanted him bad, but hooked this nice river brown in the process.
Logan hooked a nice rainbow, but it eluded the net.
Hiked back upstream, found a few more wild girls.
Logan hooked a nice rainbow, but it eluded the net.Hiked back upstream, found a few more wild girls.
They sure like the orange/peach blood dot egg...
Refreshed at the parking lot with some lovely turkey sandwiches prepared by Miss Andrea. We were going to head over to C. Falls, so I decided to string up the little bamboo to play with the little wild trouts.
Landed one little feller right away, but there definately weren't as many spawners in the creek as there were the previous week. Didn't help that gawkers and hikers had a few dogs thrashing in the water.
Refreshed at the parking lot with some lovely turkey sandwiches prepared by Miss Andrea. We were going to head over to C. Falls, so I decided to string up the little bamboo to play with the little wild trouts.
Landed one little feller right away, but there definately weren't as many spawners in the creek as there were the previous week. Didn't help that gawkers and hikers had a few dogs thrashing in the water. Logan got this pretty male.
Made our way to the mouth where it enters the big river, it looked fishey... Armed with my tiny bamboo rod I started searching for fall back spawners. Drifting my egg just outside the mouth of the run my light went slack, saw a big flash, but didnt get a good hook set. I knew she hadnt moved from that spot. Drifted for another 4 minutes, then my line bumped, knew it wasn't a rock, then the line went slack again, I cranked the the little rod to the sky nearly splintering it in the process. The battle was on with this taimen of a spawned out lady. I had to keep her out of the fast river rapids, Logan nearly went for a swim netting it, but she was landed before the rod completly bent in half.
20" and perfectly healthy river rainbow
Fished the mouth a bit more, landed another rainbow on a bugger, Dad landed two, but wasn't available for pictures...
We hiked back out, and complained about sore knees the whole way home.
Made our way to the mouth where it enters the big river, it looked fishey... Armed with my tiny bamboo rod I started searching for fall back spawners. Drifting my egg just outside the mouth of the run my light went slack, saw a big flash, but didnt get a good hook set. I knew she hadnt moved from that spot. Drifted for another 4 minutes, then my line bumped, knew it wasn't a rock, then the line went slack again, I cranked the the little rod to the sky nearly splintering it in the process. The battle was on with this taimen of a spawned out lady. I had to keep her out of the fast river rapids, Logan nearly went for a swim netting it, but she was landed before the rod completly bent in half.20" and perfectly healthy river rainbow
Fished the mouth a bit more, landed another rainbow on a bugger, Dad landed two, but wasn't available for pictures...We hiked back out, and complained about sore knees the whole way home.
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