It's Easier To Find A Landing Net Than A Rising Fish.

 Encouraged by both the bugs on the water and the fish in the net last night, I woke up this morning with the thought of seeing if I could find some fish eating tricos. It was chilly and I had plenty of time before the spinner fall but I ended up working in the yard and it was noon before I came in for lunch.

Drove off at two with no clear idea of what I was going to do. Drove up to Deposit, not to fish, but to consult with Lloyd Hornbeck about the stripers. We ended up talking for an hour. Left Hornbeck's and drove over to the Troutfitter to say hi to Dave and there were three cars in the lot. Detoured up route 8 and came down river road. Saw a couple bugs on the water, no rises and a lone fisherman standing in the Red Barn pool. Came back to the shop and it was closed.

The bugs - - - - - - - .

The fishing - Was almost as bad. Fished another spot on the BR, from 5:00 until 7:30 saw two rises out where I couldn't reach them and one, two, or three fish quietly taking something I couldn't see in a slower part of the stream. They were the same type of rises that ended up being two nice rainbows that ate my olive last night. The first two rises came back to back and the fish was not impressed with my iso. Changed to the olive  and a/the fish rose 20 feet downstream and five feet further away. Cast at the area of the rise and a fourth rise appeared 30 feet further away. That riser also ignored my fly. Waited a good 15 minutes but never saw another rise, (or a bug to rise for). I did raise three rainbows on blind casts, two ate, were hooked and landed. The third wanted nothing to do with the iso, spinner, white fly or olive I offered. Reeled it in and drove down to Lordville where I got out the spinning rod and with Lloyd's articulated brown trout lure,  covered the water with no sign of the striper. 

No one wants to see Isos, hebes ants and olives more than me, but it is still August. 

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