We came, we fished, we've had better successes. The higher numbers of fish that I had hoped for failed to produce for the club outing. But that didn't stop the gang from having lots of fun on a great fall weekend!
Jen and I went against our normal pattern and after a late night at the Kro, and short night at the hotel, we found ourselves fishing a little after 7am. Which proved to be a good for both of us, as most of our hookup's for the weekend happened before 10:30am. Jen lost a nice one after a long battle, I made the choice to touch the leader and snap it to save the steelhead. It had taken her into a tough spot between two trees into deeper water. It was that or kill the steelie. We were majorly disappointed, but soon after we had another strike, then we gave up the spot to a Andy and his friend. We had our fun, so why not share it.
It wasn't till the five o'clock hour that I had tied into another steelie, but it made short work of me and the line went slack. Damn it! Oh well. What were the taking this weekend you ask. Pretty much the everything seem to be on yarn flies this time. Earlier in the afternoon I pulled a bone headed move and walked off the plank bridge at one parking lot as I wasn't paying attention at all to where I was walking. Now I have a nasty rug burn on my elbow from it as well as both my knees now sore and bruised. Beautifull, that will match perfectly with the popped blister on my toe and broken eye glasses.
The evening was crazy with everyone back at the cabin, and with the addition of several visitors, there was a lot of excitement and conversations. Chef Tony had been working on Supper since noon according to Rick and Rayanne, and it was pretty much the full Thanksgiving spread. When I went to drop Jen off at the motel before going over to the Kro, I bumped into Peter. We shot the breeze for a bit, and shared the news of our groups general lack of success. I also gave him some of my "secret" colored yarn for him to tie up some egg flies with, and wished him luck for the next days fishing.
I haven't heard yet how the fishing went for the gang on Sunday, but look forward to hopefully hearing some good news at this weeks club meeting.
Next up, a three day weekend on the river is coming up and hopefully some more stories to share. Oh, and did I mention that a couple weeks ago that I caught a muskie on a fly rod? Well, I did!!
Nice blog!
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