Post by jimiowa on Apr 1, 2010 9:33:15 GMT -5
I got Skunked??
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First outing in WAY TOO MANY YEARS!!
Took a day of vacation to get out yesterday.
Took only my flyrods, never assembled the 6wt.
Got to Rock Creek around 9 am Temp about 46 degrees, South wind 15-30mph, and I can't cast for sour apples. Oddly enough the 3 wt worked better than the 8 wt for me( less wind drag due to smaller line cross section?). The only guy catching anything was a neighbor, retired sherriffs deputy fishing worms on the bottom( bullheads and carp).
About 10:00 I decided with the wind it was too cold for this old guy and drove around checking out other lakes in the area(trying to find a place out of the wind) till time to pick the wife up for lunch.
After lunch it was about 75 and the wind had died down quite a bit and I got a lot of rust off my casting technique, fished until 3:45 and called it a day. Went back to pick the wife up @ 4:30. Got in the parking lot at 4:00 and napped till the wife got in the car(Dang this Fishin is hard work).
Hey if you don't catch fish, you don't have to clean them!
Honestly the water won't warm up and have good fishing in Iowa for about 2 more weeks.
But all in all I had a great day on the lake and a bad day fishing beats a day working every time !
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First outing in WAY TOO MANY YEARS!!
Took a day of vacation to get out yesterday.
Took only my flyrods, never assembled the 6wt.
Got to Rock Creek around 9 am Temp about 46 degrees, South wind 15-30mph, and I can't cast for sour apples. Oddly enough the 3 wt worked better than the 8 wt for me( less wind drag due to smaller line cross section?). The only guy catching anything was a neighbor, retired sherriffs deputy fishing worms on the bottom( bullheads and carp).
About 10:00 I decided with the wind it was too cold for this old guy and drove around checking out other lakes in the area(trying to find a place out of the wind) till time to pick the wife up for lunch.
After lunch it was about 75 and the wind had died down quite a bit and I got a lot of rust off my casting technique, fished until 3:45 and called it a day. Went back to pick the wife up @ 4:30. Got in the parking lot at 4:00 and napped till the wife got in the car(Dang this Fishin is hard work).
Hey if you don't catch fish, you don't have to clean them!
Honestly the water won't warm up and have good fishing in Iowa for about 2 more weeks.
But all in all I had a great day on the lake and a bad day fishing beats a day working every time !
