You Don't Have To Fish The Freestones To Catch Fish.

Had several items to cross off the to-do list so I got up early, had breakfast and got to work. Put up the ladder and unplugged the gutter on the backside of the house, turned the ladder around, got the chain saw and cut off two dead limbs on the apple tree, then went down to the back yard and cut down and cut up the dead plumb tree, disposed of the remains of both trees, took down the storms and put them away, came in, took a shower, sat down at the fly tying bench and replenished my iso box, before I knew it it was lunch time. (I did that last sentence just for Mrs. Haskins, a long time admirer of my run on sentences.)

May have dozed off for a bit in the recliner after lunch 'cause when I walked out to the kitchen the clock said 2:15. With the sun shining brightly, the freestones were given a reprieve and I headed for Deposit. Stopped at the Hale Eddy bridge for a "look see" and ended up having a good conversation with two guys from the USGS who were checking the river flow.

 In Deposit, Stewart was out in the stream letting the trout know that he was back, while his landlord was scrambling around trying to lend order to his long neglected, run down property. Fished for about an hour and a half in a meager hatch with reluctant risers, rose some fish who found my flies lacking, landing but a couple.

Moved downstream to the middle section of the WB and found an Invaria and Dorthea mix on the water with boats a plenty and a wade angler where I wanted to fish. Got three fish to eat a tiny caddis, (lost two of them), and when a boat anchored a short cast upstream from me and apologized that his anchor was dragging I reeled it in and headed for the car. It was 8:05 when I turned on the car and 8:15 when I turned it off. Went down a steep bank and waded into a quiet pool, where there were again both the spring and summer sulfurs, a few rising fish and blissfully no boats. Got a couple fish to eat an invaria but when the fish started to rise in earnest they all ignored my offerings. I looked down and saw spinners on the water. Tied one on and found fish that were more than willing to try it. Got back in the car at 9:37, (the latest night this year), with a smile on my face.

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