Maybe it's the time of year, or maybe it's dodging a Mayan end of the world scare, but I started waxing nostalgic about some of our crazier experiences trout fishing. Like the numerous occasions my Dad would accidentally cast a lure through the mountain laurel such that the line was draped over a branch. As he retrieved his lure, a trout would hit it as it left the water, and we would have to walk up and unhook the suspended trout.
Autumn is my favorite time of the year for trout fishing. The weather is ideal with cooler days, cool crisp nights, less rain and with definitely less humidity it can be enjoyable. In higher elevations, there may be a dusting of snow or frost. The water is usually low, cool and even flowing making for some great casting. In early fall, the water temperatures may be in the seventies, but before winter sets in the water temperature can easily drop down to the low forties. I have had it ice up on the guides, but that does not deter me.
Mossy Creek Fly Fishing invites you on a fly tying adventure Saturday and Sunday March 31st and April 1st. Tom rosenbauer will be there in person and this is not an April fools joke! Tom is the 2011 Fly Angler of the year and he is an adjunct professor here at Trout University as well. You can see some free classes that were written by Tom here at Trout University.
We went up to Asheville, NC this past weekend to take part in a great event to help Project Healing Waters, a non-profit organization dedicated to the emotional and physical healing of wounded military personnel. The second Tie-One-On-A-Thon featured a number of fly tyers from around the region, co
Here is a real fish story sent to me by a good friend who knows that i love to fish for trout. This story is documented with a photo, but I suspect that the deer is in fact a pet.
Tom Sliker the Director of Information Technology and his wife Valerie are in Alaska and sending back some wonderful pictures and stories as well. While there, they saw the great dipnetting extravaganza called dipnetting. It seems that the locals are allowed to dip net the salmon out of the Kenai as they run up to spawn.
Several members of the Asheville Project Healing Waters chapter attended the 2010 Harman’s North Fork Invitational Fly-Fishing Tournament on June 3-5. Held on the North Fork of the Potomac River in Seneca Rocks, WV, the gang competed against competitors from Colorado to Florida. The event spanned four 3-hour sessions over 2 days, with varying rules in play for each session and total length of fish caught determining the winners.
After years of trout fishing in various stages of life and with different people, I’ve developed a set of criteria to determine whether or not it’s time for a fisherman to lose weight. If you find yourself described by more than 5 of the descriptions below, you may want to hit the gym.
You look like a frog, even before you put the waders on.
You’re not the one taking your own boots off at the end of the day.
You need a fishing companion to remove the hook from your own landed trout because the fish is still too far away.
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