Jimbo
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George calls that “Walking the Dog”, for years I’ve been calling the “Strolling”….. Walking downstream while keeping abreast of my nymphs drifting down the river. And Drew your flys are so artistic, I’d fish them !
Jimbo
For me, these “stay at home” directives mean my fishing is over till this passes. My 91 year old mother lives with me so I can not risk any possible exposure that is not absolutely necessary. Plus being 67 and having 3 heart attacks on my medical record means I’m in the higher at risk category. Still I’m now the caretaker here on Verdant, so I’m the one who runs the errands out in the public with my blue bandana worn bandit style. I have not fished in 3 weeks now. I have been cleaning up the house and doing yard work. Getting to those long postponed chores now that I have no other excuses. In the remaining spare time I’ve been watching youtube videos, “The New Fly Fisher” lately, along with a lot of pay per view movies like: Ford vs. Ferrari ****, 1917*, Star Trek The rise of Skywalker*****, and others. Now it’s time to go through all my gear: clean and lube the reels, clean flylines, sort through the fly collections, and get some dryfly boxes together for the summer, wash the waders and fly vest. All that fun stuff. But I’ll be ready to go once this outbreak dies down. I’ll probably head to the mountains this summer no matter what, because I can limit interacting with strangers while on the road. It all depends on what happens over the next few months. We will see and then act accordingly !
Guadalupe
Wyoming
Jimbo
I landed only 2 Browns this season myself. I had a third on for sure and maybe a fourth. Then again I fished very little above Kanz. I didn’t put any significant time in at Maricopa, JDL, or Gypsy Rose. I know there are several that seem to be caught with regularity at JDL. I heard stories of Browns caught all over the place. Not many numbers mine you, but singles also at Kanz, #5, Lower Slot, Pott’s Little Ponderosa, and of all places, River Bluff, Lone Star, and Bezdek’s. So they are still around, but they are more wary and probably mostly nocturnal now…..
My evidence…..
Jimbo
Well thanks guys. That is very generous. I consider myself a good flyfisherman, but I am always open to trying something different and see what happens. Never stop learning ! One of the secrets is when the midges or tricos are hatching. I have found that when this is happening, it’s best to fish your nymphs, and this case emergers, not on the bottom, but somewhere from mid-column to just below the surface. Use something small ~#20 with an emergent wing, Pat Dorsey’s Top Secret Midge or Matt’s Guide Fly work great.
Have fun out there. I’m confined to quarters till this blows over because my 91 year old Mother lives with me and I just can not take any unnecessary chances. I have decided that with all this extra time I will post up last summer’s trip to the Mountains. It will take some time as the picture codes are different for this site and I will have to go through all those old photos looking for the appropriate code to post in the stories. So coming soon, Jimbo’s 2019 Summer Trip…..
Jimbo
Unfortunately more rain fell in the Blanco River Basin and further north than the Guadalupe Basin. We could still see more in the coming days. We are 2 3/4 feet short of pool. There is still a chance but that’s an awful amount of water we still need for sustaining summer flows. So those who have already had too much rain, forgive me because I’ll be asking for more…..
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If we are going to have a good holdover again this summer we need the lake to get to pool soon. May 15th is the tigger date.
Jimbo
I tell you just seeing the river renews my soul….. Thanks
Jimbo
Another chance at good rains over the upper basin the next couple of days…..
Tom tom tom tom…..
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Jimbo
The temp monitor is not on the fourth crossing bridge. It’s well upstream by the old cistern up there. I would therefore agree with your estimate of 5.62 miles for the fourth crossing bridge.
Jimbo
Easy,… Rocky Mountain National Park. If you can’t catch them there, well there’s no hope.
Jimbo
Ron,… As always you get the job done.
Thanks Jimbo
Good for you J.C. ! In the first picture I see something other than your Orvis nymphing rod. What did you end up using and why? And by the way there is no wrong answer to “What makes you Happy?” unless it’s posting my secrets !
Jimbo
CVC: the last time I tried about 3 weeks ago 2020 still worked. Note all seasonal leases will be closing Tuesday March 31.
Be careful, practice social distancing, and remember to use the best catch and release tactics. Check the water temps, 70 or above move upstream or quit for the day, bend those barbs down, use a net with a rubber bag, always wet your hands before touching the fish, minimize the time the fish is out of water (try to have the fish out of water no more than 5 seconds), be careful, now is no time to have to visit an emergency room because of a accident.
Jimbo
Start watching your water temps as air temps warm up especially in the lower leases…..
Jimbo
Nope,…
Yes,… the heavy rains have missed the upper basin. They have had rain, but really just enough to sustain the flows in the upper basin. Many years if we saw 80-100cfs in the fall by now we would be in the dreaded 55-60cfs. Last time I looked we still had 97.5cfs. Remember the heavy springtime rains historically remain possible till the first week of June. So we still have over 2 months to get the rain we need to raise the lake to pool. It is getting less and less likely with each storm that misses the upper basin. Also the trigger date for the flow agreement is May 15th, so it is only important for the lake to be at pool on or after that date.
Tom tom tom tom…..
Jimbo
