I am always amazed at how many pools hold large numbers of large fish….that don’t want anything that is in my bag. I spent 2 hrs fishing 2 holes and caught nothing. I must have tied on 20-30 flies/nymphs. Then I decide to explore another area of the river and caught an 11”, 15”, and 18” in about 18” of water….in about 10 mins. I love this river in the fall!
The Oldman can be a technical river at times. If a hatch is on you need to know what they are feeding on. A bit of seining the bottom or checking spider webs can reveal the magic combo.
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Often I have been exhausted on trout streams, uncomfortable, wet, cold, briar scarred, sunburned, mosquito bitten,
but never, with a fly rod in my hand have I been in a place that was less than beautiful.
The Oldman can be a technical river at times. If a hatch is on you need to know what they are feeding on. A bit of seining the bottom or checking spider webs can reveal the magic combo.
Yea. I’m the least technical fly fisher. But I still love it.
Its pretty busy water and they don't get big by being stupid. They have probably seen every fly in existence drift over their heads over the course of a season.
My Grandfather's advice. His point was that careful presentation is the most important part of fly fishing. 70 years on and I still think that he was right.
Welcome to the hobby, practice your presentation not long casts.
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"The well meaning have done more damage than all the criminals in the world" Great grand father "Never impute planning where incompetence will predict the phenomenon equally well" Father
Oh I’ve been doing it for years…..just not very well. Lol. Took the daughter out for an overnighter last weekend. Saturday we got into a few of them. Yesterday was slower.
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