fishing collector
9/2/2008 11:38:00 PMWell........Are you going to post a pic of these super "flies" ? Please :-)
outdoor chris
9/4/2008 10:59:00 AMI will try to remember to take a few pics of the flies so you can have an idea of what they look like, basically, the floater is about the size of a pea, light brown and the sinking is a darker brown, cylindrical in shape, tied on a size 12 barbless hook
Larrinator
9/9/2008 6:40:00 AMWow! Those are awesome fish! It is unbelievable that you can catch, fight, and land a fish of that size with a dinky little size 12 hook. And barbless to boot! Kudos to you Chris!
Yes, please, post some pics of these wonder flies! Matching the hatch... >:)
Yes, please, post some pics of these wonder flies! Matching the hatch... >:)
cenels2
9/9/2008 9:28:00 AMWhich pens do you consider the upper pens. Where you at the second or third set from Bridgeport? How fast were you trolling? I'm heading up for my birthday on the 16th. It will be my first trip to Rufus since March. My last trip they were still hitting pretty hard at Bridgeport on black wooly buggers but it sounds like you found the hot spot.
cenels2
9/9/2008 9:31:00 AMWhich pens do you consider the upper pens. Where you at the second or third set from Bridgeport? How fast were you trolling? I'm heading up for my birthday on the 16th. It will be my first trip to Rufus since March. My last trip they were still hitting pretty hard at Bridgeport on black wooly buggers but it sounds like you found the hot spot.
outdoor chris
9/9/2008 10:37:00 AM
outdoor chris
9/9/2008 11:29:00 AMif you haven't been to Rufus since March, the technique changes from season to season, depending on the water temperature. I NEVER troll at Rufus, its just not that productive and I don't like to have all the extra tackle on my line...and to be honest, its just a little too boring for me. In march, we knock em dead using black jigs, bounced off of or near the bottom along the shoreline. One trip to the closest net pens from Bridgeport we caught over a hundred fish in around 4 hours using jigs and or flies. To get the flies down to where the fish are, we Texas rig them.....slip sinker then the fly about 4' below that. Look for big submerged rocks away from shore using your depthfinder to find spots that hold more fish.
This time of year we are simply fishing around the boat at anchor or floating down the shoreline using a bow-mount motor for control of the boat. The fish are mostly suspended in 5' - 25' of water around the pens. Try drifting down the shoreline below the pens, especially looking for eddies that hold more fish. When the water is smooth you can easily see the fish swimming in front of the boat, its very exciting!! ...the hard part is watching a trout open his big mouth, and sucking the fly in and then not to set the hook too early before you feel the fish on....I loose more fish this way than any other, pulling the fly out too fast before the fish can close his mouth on it!!! I swear at myself for doing it and then go and do it again!! I just never get over the excitement of seeing a huge fish hitting on my fly. But then, thats why we all go fishing!!
Always fish below the pens or around them, not upstream of them...the fish are there to eat the free food and it never works its way upstream.
This time of year we are simply fishing around the boat at anchor or floating down the shoreline using a bow-mount motor for control of the boat. The fish are mostly suspended in 5' - 25' of water around the pens. Try drifting down the shoreline below the pens, especially looking for eddies that hold more fish. When the water is smooth you can easily see the fish swimming in front of the boat, its very exciting!! ...the hard part is watching a trout open his big mouth, and sucking the fly in and then not to set the hook too early before you feel the fish on....I loose more fish this way than any other, pulling the fly out too fast before the fish can close his mouth on it!!! I swear at myself for doing it and then go and do it again!! I just never get over the excitement of seeing a huge fish hitting on my fly. But then, thats why we all go fishing!!
Always fish below the pens or around them, not upstream of them...the fish are there to eat the free food and it never works its way upstream.
cenels2
9/9/2008 1:50:00 PMI'll be launching at Ceton Grove. Do you recommend the 1st, 2nd or 3rd set of pens. Or should I just start at the first set and work my way down?
outdoor chris
9/10/2008 9:13:00 AMwe went this past weekend, haven't had time to write a report yet though, using a slightly modified fly using a chenille yarn to tie it with instead of hares ear hair, we caught 228 trout. They were a bit smaller, the two largest were an ounce under 8 lbs. After a while, we had to cheat though and tied the flies to spinning gear using 4lb test line, arms and fingers were getting sore from fighting so many fish with fly poles!!
A note on the flies, I tie them with a small amount of lead on the shaft of the hook first so they are slightly weighted, this helps to get the flies down deeper to the bigger fish.
A note on the flies, I tie them with a small amount of lead on the shaft of the hook first so they are slightly weighted, this helps to get the flies down deeper to the bigger fish.
