Bout the same

 This post is for Saturday, September 9, for the first time in almost 4 months I went back to the Caney late afternoon.  I had ridden by Saturday mid afternoon to check on the fishing conditions, hardly anyone had caught any trout at all.   I got on the water close to 5 o'clock at my usual spot above the steps and started throwing my soft hackle. The first three fish I caught were the same ole yellow bass, the water was still warm, not quite as much as in May but still warmer than normal for September.  I then started fishing mostly the center section and started catching rainbows and browns. I tied on a couple of other flies that have worked in this type of water and did OK with them also.  Today is Tuesday, we are in the after effects of hurricane Irma so hopefully after this dies down the fishing we'll get a little bit better.  It looks like the Corp will be generating 24 hours a day for the next few days to get the lake level back down, maybe after that, I'll just have to wait and see.  Until next time, Pappy

White bass,blue gill and trout

 My first time back on the water since early February, and the first thing I noticed was that the water was very warm, even warmer than it gets in the summer time.   And what that did was brought in the yellow bass and bluegill, I probably caught close to 20 yellow bass  and two of the fattest bluegill I have ever caught.   The sky was overcast most of the time and the temperature was in the 70s.  I met the Harstons Bros.at the dam at seven and we probably got into the water down by the steps close to 730.   There was plenty of trout in the water also, all told we probably caught 60 trout between us with the each one of us probably getting our 20. Most were rainbows 10-16" and fat,  so it looks like the fishing for this year will be as good as it has been for the last two years as long as the water doesn't stay warm.   Hopefully, it won't be three months before I get back onto the water, until next time, Pappy.

First two trips in 2017

The way things have started out, I think the fishing this year will be better than it was last year and last year was great.   Since we didn't have a whole lot of big rains the generation hasn't been as bad as it has been for the last two winters.  I went out for a couple of hours on the afternoon of Saturday, 18 February and didn't have very much luck but the fish were there. Then I went out  Saturday morning with T Harston from 6 o'clock until 930 at happy Hollow and caught between 15 and 20 mixtures of browns and rainbows, the rainbows were long and fat and they browns were just long.   It felt like they were letting out more water than usual when they aren't generating, the water was maybe 6 to 8 inches deeper than what it normally is. This made more fishable area at happy Hollow which is good.  There are thunderstorms expected for this week so hopefully by the end of the week things will have calmed down enough to try it again, until next time.  Pappy