I have been to my local lake 2 days in a row, the yesterday I only took my 3weight with me. The wind was howling, but the trout had been planted and I was determined. I casted #12 buggers and woolly worms the whole time I was there and caught just over 30 fish!! The biggest being around 4 pounds! Thats what I'm talking about! My smallest fish was about 14" and my largest was JUST shy of 20".These are FAT(Phat) rainbows though, not your typical skinny fish.
Today I went out again, But this time I took my 6 weight with a type 2 sinking line and my 3 weight. I was sure glad I took the 6weight with the sinking line because it was the only rod I used. The fish were a bit deeper and they wanted the streamers stripped fast! Perfect use for my sinking line(which was a virgin fish-wise until today!) The wind was up and blowing strong, I had to throw tight loops the whole time and at times it was a little sketchy(read that having to duck!) All In all though today I caught around 25-30 fish! The biggest one being about 21-22"!
My technique for today was as soon as the fly hit the water to start stripping and the sinking line would carry it down in between strips,,,worked fantastically!
And of course if I saw a rise form I would cast to it...Hitting the ring and that resulted in a bulge and smash of my streamer!NICE!
Most of the fish were out a distance and I was FREQUENTLY having to cast 70'.
A few times when I had just shot the line for a 70' cast I would strip once and get a take!
Those have got to be the some of most difficult strip sets!
I can really tell I have been catching fish when I look at my thumb that I use to lip trout and it looks like this!(note the scratches and cuts)
Heres some pictures From yesterday:
A 21-22" BOW from today!
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