Overcast and humid conditions had me out of bed and on the road just before 5:00am this morning heading to the River for a spin session. I was in the river by 6:05 am and was soon flicking the little #00 copper black fury about in the crystal clear cool water. I love fishing in humid conditions even though it can be quite uncomfortable at times. It was a pretty quiet start today, all I could manage was two very light hits on the spinner over the first three stretches of river in thirty five minutes of spinning. I am now entering into one of my favourite stretches of water, a wide medium flowing section of river that always gives up a few browns in which I'm confident it will again today.
- Good stretch of river, always gives up a fish or two..
- Atomic Shad40 Ghost brown hard body..
It only took a few casts to the right hand side of the river when I had my first take on this little Ghost brown shad, it didn't stay on for long and was gone after the second head shake. At least I know the lure is a trout attractor so my instinct with this lure may have been a good one. One thing I forgot to do with these new lures was to up the size of the trebles as I did with the other Shad lures. It was all that long before I had another strike on the hard body and this solid brown stayed on all the way to the net. Finally after fifty minutes of being in the river I had my first brown caught, photographed and back in the river at 6:51 am. I continued to work my way upstream hooking two browns which I lost before I caught three browns in a row which was a relief as I was starting to get a little crabby. The trout were in a real mood today, maybe it's due to a weather change that's on it's way I'm not all that sure. I do know that they're not in the Christmas spirit today that's for sure.
- solid brown..
- close up of wild brown on Ghost brown lure..
- Solid brown taken close to river bank..
- The brown caught close to river bank..
Adrian
