Freezing Marysville
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 7:04 am
It's cold cold cold
It's snow snow snow
But we fish fish fish
Freezing cold weather ranging from 3-7 degrees, drizzling rain and snow overnight, but clearing. 4% moon.
Barometer 1020 steady slow increase.
Slightly dirty water, fast and high.
6ft3in 3-6lb rod, 2000 reel 6 lb braid 4 lb fluorocarbon leader.
Daiwa D minnow joint, Ecogear mx8 rainbow colour, strike tiger nymph, various spinners, $5 Ali Express floating lure in brown trout colour.
Me and Chris decided to take a day off work and fish.
It's been cold but shocked to see snow this early around Marysville. Had to put on thermals, fleece pants, puff jacket, then wader and waterproof jacket.
Very cold and slow day, high and fast water made it a bit difficult too. My reel is only 4.2:1 ratio I think, often the floating lure was drifting faster than I could wind.
Tried different lures, spinner was okay since it sinks and heavy, good to counter the fast running water. Chris sighted a fish, had a follow and nearly turned into a hookup, but nada.
Being fly fisherman for trouts, I usually cast straight upstream and drift the fly. Different with lures apparently and I struggled a bit.
Finally figured out how to work fast running water in the afternoon by not casting straight upstream, but cast across the river more and vary the retrieve speed depends on the situation, need the lure to have some action and not just dead drifting. Ecogear mx8 was suitable for the day as it suspends and have a slim profile, didn't get drifted too much compared to very buoyant floating lures.
A brown following the lure right to the bank and missed the lure, I stroke and didn't get hooked, the lure went out of the water, thought it was the end. But the trout stayed there, within 1-2 sec i dropped the lure again right in front of this and the fish on it straight away, another miss and the lure was out of the water again (sure it's the end now, it should be spooked by now and scared to death), but no! The fish was looking for the lure! Dropped the lure again and this time bang! Was on!
Two pools ahead and Chris got one brown too on the $5 Ali Express lure.
Based on the colour, these browns didn't look like they're getting ready to spawn. Still very pale colour. They turn bright yellow/orange when they're spawning.
It's snow snow snow
But we fish fish fish
Freezing cold weather ranging from 3-7 degrees, drizzling rain and snow overnight, but clearing. 4% moon.
Barometer 1020 steady slow increase.
Slightly dirty water, fast and high.
6ft3in 3-6lb rod, 2000 reel 6 lb braid 4 lb fluorocarbon leader.
Daiwa D minnow joint, Ecogear mx8 rainbow colour, strike tiger nymph, various spinners, $5 Ali Express floating lure in brown trout colour.
Me and Chris decided to take a day off work and fish.
It's been cold but shocked to see snow this early around Marysville. Had to put on thermals, fleece pants, puff jacket, then wader and waterproof jacket.
Very cold and slow day, high and fast water made it a bit difficult too. My reel is only 4.2:1 ratio I think, often the floating lure was drifting faster than I could wind.
Tried different lures, spinner was okay since it sinks and heavy, good to counter the fast running water. Chris sighted a fish, had a follow and nearly turned into a hookup, but nada.
Being fly fisherman for trouts, I usually cast straight upstream and drift the fly. Different with lures apparently and I struggled a bit.
Finally figured out how to work fast running water in the afternoon by not casting straight upstream, but cast across the river more and vary the retrieve speed depends on the situation, need the lure to have some action and not just dead drifting. Ecogear mx8 was suitable for the day as it suspends and have a slim profile, didn't get drifted too much compared to very buoyant floating lures.
A brown following the lure right to the bank and missed the lure, I stroke and didn't get hooked, the lure went out of the water, thought it was the end. But the trout stayed there, within 1-2 sec i dropped the lure again right in front of this and the fish on it straight away, another miss and the lure was out of the water again (sure it's the end now, it should be spooked by now and scared to death), but no! The fish was looking for the lure! Dropped the lure again and this time bang! Was on!
Two pools ahead and Chris got one brown too on the $5 Ali Express lure.
Based on the colour, these browns didn't look like they're getting ready to spawn. Still very pale colour. They turn bright yellow/orange when they're spawning.