Another Day Another Dollar.

 With Dorotheas on the water from before noon until dark, (yes there was a lull from 4:30 until 6:30, but there were always a few on the water), no one should have had trouble finding rising fish to cast to. Hookups for most anglers are a challenge. If you are getting fish to come up to your fly but refuse it, (no you didn't miss them), you are close, but something just isn't right. Drag is probably the number one cause, but the fish are looking at the fly from no more than an inch or two away when they make their final decision. Do your flies look like the flies floating down the river? Are they too big, (Invarias no longer cut the mustard where the Dorothea hatch is in full bloom), size down and you should do better. Pick up a Dorothea off the water and actually compare it to the flies you are using, most are far too bulky. Trim them down with a scissors or clippers and see if it makes a difference.

The Fishing - For me very good. Have had lots of refusals the last two days but enough fish have found my flies and presentations acceptable enough for them to take a bite and what else can you ask for.

Spent the entire day above Barking Dog, when things slowed down about 4:30, I took a break, got in the car and drove up river to the Red Barn. If you want to know what it looked like out in the pool read Chris's comment in the Molter Wins!!! report page. I was more interested in the distribution of cars. At 5:00pm there were no cars on the road and 11 cars in the Red Barn parking lot, ( I'm going to stop by the farm tomorrow and ask for a 20% cut in the increased revenue. Seriously, I know full well the road might have been full of cars from 11:00 until 4:45, but I've never seen 11 cars parked at the Red Barn and for those of you who did it because it's the right thing to do - A tip of the cap and thanks from everyone who wants to keep access to the pool available to all.

Note to Steve, Steve - I assume since both of you show up on the same report, that there are two different Steves, at 83 I get confused easily, it would help me out if you would stick an initial in after Steve, (assuming your last names don't both start with the same last letter). Thanks.