Fall is finally here

 Fall has finally gotten here in the two weeks since I have been back from Orlando. In those two weeks I have waded three times and have been in my river hawk once.   There has been no generation for the last three weeks at least, I was still using my soft hackle and pheasant tail and wasn't catching very many fish. My  third time out I decided to try something that probably no one else was using, a leech pattern. It work for me.  I started getting bites in the same places that I was not seeing any action. Most of the guys that were catching fish were site fishing on the Browns that were spawning and were catching some humongous Browns.  I prefer to stay away from those that are spawning especially with the lack of rain, the eggs will finally have a chance to hatch and without much generation will be able to stay alive through the winter and will make  better fishing in the future.  That is just my thought on the subject.  I took my river hawk out on Tuesday, November 28 and put in at the dam at about 230 and went down towards the steps at the nature trail where I usually wade.  I started right above the ramp on the left-hand side and went down to where I usually start wading and for an hour or so caught several browns and a few decent size rainbows.   I then moved back up in the dam area and just floated around for about an hour or so until a little after dark and had pretty much the same results, so I felt like I had a pretty good  afternoon.  We had a little bit of rain Tuesday night and during the day Wednesday while I am posting this and hopefully that will help things a little bit by cleaning up the mess on the bottom of the river.  It will mean that the generation schedule will get back to its normal 9 o'clock to 11 o'clock each day but that is fine. I hope to get out for a little while Thursday and then maybe Friday spend the whole day on the river maybe with a guest.   Until next time, Pappy.

Another Catch Up

 I have probably been to the river five or six times since my last post. The fishing is basically as it was, no great numbers and a few browns and rainbows and the 15 to 17 inch range.  I did take the river hawk up to Lancastor as the water was going down and caught a 19 inch brown on the opposite bank from where three other guys were fishing.  I have also tried fishing with the floating line and I think that once I get the hang of it I will do OK, the fishing is pretty much the same but setting the hook for me is quite a bit different .  I am in Orlando right now celebrating Presley's sixth birthday and will be back home on Friday whatever the date is and hope to be back fishing a week from today. So until then, Pappy.