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What Happened to the Fishing Weather?

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#1 User is offline   David Legg 


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Posted 18 February 2010 - 10:49 PM

I am off from work tomorrow, and it is snowing sideways! Here I was planning to bundle up and sling a few midges tomorrow. I guess I'll hunker down and stay on the vise.
The great thing about catch & release is that the fish can live to grow even larger.
In fact, I've known some fish to grow quite a bit larger before the fisherman even returned home.
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Posted 18 February 2010 - 10:52 PM

some of the best winter action I ever had was casting midges in the Holston while the guides on my rod froze. We bought a can of PAM cooking spray and sprayed the eyes to prevent freeze up and had one of the best days of midging in my life...go figure.
Hug your daughters, or someone else will.
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Posted 18 February 2010 - 10:58 PM

Snow was falling on my best fish count day ever... 240 trout with snow coming down steadily... my only companions were two otters and two Great Blue herons.
This stuff is coming down like spackle though. It sticks to everything and freezes on... it's like the consistency of knock-down spray. I don't think I'd enjoy myself if tarpon were migrating through the river right now. Well, maybe if it was tarpon. rolleyes.gif

The great thing about catch & release is that the fish can live to grow even larger.
In fact, I've known some fish to grow quite a bit larger before the fisherman even returned home.
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Posted 18 February 2010 - 11:00 PM

Sounds like you're trying to talk yourself out of going. Maybe subconsciously you know you're going, but the rational side of your is trying to talk the fishing monster out of it!
Hug your daughters, or someone else will.
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Posted 18 February 2010 - 11:19 PM

Last year I was out in such cold weather I fractured a spool. I was releasing a fish, and my reel dipped into the water (my rod was tucked under my arm, but slipped a little) and when I pulled it out, it froze solid, and next thing I knew, cracked spool. I kept fishing anyway. The reel wouldn't move, frozen fast as it was, so I just dapped. It sure took the iced guides out of the equation! I couldn't even feel my fingers to tie flies on by the time we were done. It's really hard doing knots when you can't feel the line.
The great thing about catch & release is that the fish can live to grow even larger.
In fact, I've known some fish to grow quite a bit larger before the fisherman even returned home.
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