Spent the morning and a quarter gallon of gas exploring streams and creeks I had researched leading up to this little trip. They are all in beautiful settings but most are way too small for my liking. They have fish but I enjoy casting too much to fish 4 foot wide creeks.
I went back to the Timber Coulee but fished a section I hadn’t fished before today. Hooked up with 16 browns. It was about an even split, half were pretty small and half were decent and fun 12 to 13 inchers. Again they liked Pink Squirrel nymphs and they also liked an Orange Scud nymph. I tied both flies. It’s a good feeling catching fish on flies I tied. There were a few rises but I couldn’t tell what they were eating. I tried a couple of dry flies but they weren’t interested in what I offered.
There’s a tremendous amount of commerce, for lack of a better word, on and next to the Mississippi River. There are two sets of train tracks running parallel to the river. I haven’t timed it but freight trains are running by, north and south, regularly as are barges on the river.
I’ve come to the conclusion I have way too much shit in my trailer and truck. I’m going to try to eliminate a good deal of it before my next trip.
No pictures? We need a stream report. What was the temp of the air and the water? How about some pictures of the flies?
Hah, good request, Tom. Great description of the setting, but pictures would be great.
Too bad about all the rain.
Hey , you two can’t double team me