Warm weather, beautiful foliage and reduced releases, what's not to like?

 Drove down with the same plan as last week, mow the lawn, watch SU football and North Florida women's volleyball and fish tomorrow. Funny thing happened. The SU game was on ESPN2 so You Tube didn't have it and neither did ESPN+.  At 3:30 I got in the car and headed east to the Willow which was at least fishable. Saw lots of fishermen but nary a bug or a rise.  At 4:30 I was in the car heading for the the UEB where at 900cfs you can wade out in some places far enough to make a back cast. Arrived at one of those places at the same time as a drift boat (the only one I saw on the UEB). They were great and floated down to the deeper part of the pool where I had no chance of wading. 

There were bugs (pseudos) and rising fish when I got there and they weren't all that fussy about what they ate. Hooked half a dozen and landed four all wild and between 12 and 15 inches within a half an hour and then everything came to a screeching halt. There were still some bugs on the water but the fish just shut down. 

Got back to the LVE in time to find out that SU lost to Wake Forrest in overtime. Still trying to get the North Florida volleyball game to stream.  

They are making a third reduction in the release from Cannonsville as I write. If it's another 200 cfs it will open up lots more wading possibilities. If it's more than 200 cfs the pseudo fishing in the WB could really turn on. As beautiful as the weather is the 10/15 degree above normal temps are not helping the pseudo hatches on the freestones. If you have a free day this long weekend come up to the river, bring your wife, the foliage is seemingly getting better by the hour.

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