Sometimes Fishing In The Bright Sun Isn't So Bad.

 

A couple weeks ago I caught the laptop charger cord with my foot, yanked the laptop off the table and in the process bent the charger cord prong. Today I finished the job, by once again catching my foot in the cord and snapping off the prong, in the laptop. Future reports will be dependent on both removing the prong and obtaining a new Lenovo Ideal Pad charging cord. And yes I'm still wading without a wading staff.

In hopes of finishing the report before the battery dies, I'll get right to the fishing. After Monday's sorry effort, (notice I blame it on Monday, not on me), of but one fish, I've put together three solid days. Today was the best of the bunch. Started out at 3:00 and with the bright sun and hot temp, I picked a place where a steep hill provided early shade. When I arrived the fish in the sun were rising while the shaded part of the river was quiet. Found fish more than willing to eat my fly and in seemingly no time at all, I had landed seven fish. Then I got into water where the fish had obviously been recently reminded about being careful about what they ate. Refusals became the norm and as the sun left the water and the feeding came to a halt, (it was 6:30), I was short one fish from a 10 fish day.

Left the shady spot and headed for a place where the sun never seems to leave the water. Found big fish sipping tiny little spinners. Hooked and lost three and was refused by the rest. Reeled it in and headed for the car still one short of a 10 fish day. In the last light from the western sky I tied on a big olive spinner and cast upstream as I walked back to the car. I didn't see the fly or the rise but I heard it and hooked what turned out to be a 17 inch rainbow, which gave me my first ten fish day in September.

The fish are back where they belong and as soon as my computer issues are resolved I try to tell you about it.        

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