Zach Matthews
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All waders eventually leak, just like all shoes eventually wear out and all cars eventually need new tires.
Incidentally, here are some pictures from those trips to the Cumberland, along with a bit of an edited report:
The biggest fish I landed on the camping trip was twenty inches (taped). Caesar landed one that was about nineteen. I hooked and played one for a while that was substantially bigger – he ran me almost into my backing, then I got it all back, then he went downriver into a logjam/riffle. I controlled him until he jumped there and I lost the battle. That fish was somewhere between 22-24″, I’d say based on the size of his head as he came out.
We caught an abundance of little fish. I didn’t even bother keeping track of those. Almost everything came to hand on red blood midges, Y2K bugs (a weird kind of egg), and a few traditional eggs. No luck on stoneflies this week.
Mae came, and got her first up-close smell of a trout.
Heavy indicator fishing. I use balloons, Caesar had a big white yarn puff. Size BB split shot.
Biggest one we landed at 20 inches.
Moonlight is amazing stuff. It is white enough that it will expose colors properly, if the shutter is left open long enough.
Zach
Hey Rocky –
I would have liked to have fished the Cumberland in the Mother’s Day hatch. I made a few trips in Oct-Nov and while we found fish, it wasn’t like it had been in the same time frame the years before. We probably just missed the window a little bit. It was still hot when I was there even though it should have been cooling way off.
As far as the fish being hit pretty hard, I don’t know that I would say it was a symptom of being “well publicized” so much as “completely obvious.” With the water in the river having to be held at record lows, it’s really no surprise that every one in the area would be out there trying to fish to those rainbows up there eating brown trout eggs. That’s just part of it; as soon as they get the dam repaired and/or a little more water flowing as the drought eases up, it’ll probably fix. I blame the weather more than anything else.
Zach
I just want to chime in and say that I am happy that both Sage, Scott and St. Croix opted to make shorter rods in the first place.
Mark –
In my experience, going into a dedicated fly shop can be a very intimidating experience for a non-initiate.
Ha. In fairness you guys should probably be aware that Neal spent his formative years helping run a bass lure company. 🙂