So true! I watched a fly fisher across the river from me last year catching 22-23 inch bows all evening while I caught 1 and a lost one. We chatted back and forth that evening and I found what he was using, how much lead, and obviously knew the exact spot and time/date. Etc. etc.
I go back this year on the same date (yes, one year later…) and have both of us setup with the same fly, same time of day, same date. Etc, etc. I tell him watch this…
2 hours later I’m still saying watch this…but more like “watch…this?”. Not a
sniff. And we covered not only that run but the one just below as well. Meanwhile, across on the other side of the river where I was the year before, 3 people are all taking turns catching nice fish…sigh.
True story. I know a year later is a lot to expect same thing. Especially when the weather alone is so drastically different from 2016 to 2017…not even considering a ton of other factors. But, it made me chuckle at myself and keeps me coming back more humble
