rdmenzel7
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Why not have the meetings outside at L & L like we used to have them. I would think this would satisfy everybody. Even those that listen to Dr. Fosy.
I have a thought on how we could let more members signup for the lease access. I fish only during the week. Could we have a second sign up for only during the week. Make the tags a different color w/ wording on the car tag that says mon thru fri only. There are probably a lot of our retired guys like myself that would be interested in this to allow more people to sign up without having to many people at the leases. What do you think?
Just thought I would mention that there are other species of fish in the guad. Besides trout.
l went to Maricopa on Tuesday to see if the carp have come down to the bridge like they did last year. No carp, but did catch a small rainbow about 10” or 11” long. Too bad I caught him on my 5 wt Sage SP+. Way to much for a 11” trout. My rig was set up for the heavy carp 12 lb tippet and 2” goldfish colored Mister Twister grub tail like last year. Will try for them one more time next week.
Plan to try for Bass and bluegills until the temps start staying in the 90’s then wait for fall weather. I am going to convert to my summer fly fishing rig. I have a 9’ 3 wt redington trout rod using a 4 wt floating line and 4 lb tippet for dry flies. This is the rig I used with the Wilcox special that worked so well on the blue gills a couple of weeks ago. There can still be slot of fun out there until the weather gets to the 90’s.
Hopefully someday one of our guy’s can show me how to post photos and links to our site.
I went back to the river (Caps) to access the river. The trout maybe gone for the most part, but it seems other bigger fish are moving into these waters. I caught a bluegill about 3 to 4 in. Long and as I got him close to me a much bigger fish came up and grabbed him about 8 ft in front me. The fish then let the bluegill go and disappeared. It looked like it was a large mouth bass.
I had another large fish clear water about 20 yds away and this to looked like a large mouth.
I also saw flashes of a couple of larger fish in the water 10 to 15 feet out in front of me.
I tried 3 other dry flies, but nothing performed like the Wilcox Special.
I bought the “Wilcox Special” from Tacticalflyfisher.com under dry flies. Have never posted photos or links to our site so I do not know how to do it? They are an intricate fly with striped legs and a pink plume on top as an attractor.
Fished CVC Sun the 28th. Was able to catch (4) rainbows between 7:00 am and about 9:30 am. Seemed to slow down after that. Some of our guys commented that it was getting harder to get bites. I took water temp. and it was 64 deg. Might have something to do with that.
I used gate code 1976 multiple times on Feb 3rd and Feb 4th. At CVC.
I will be there and will help with traffic control if I am needed. Can no longer carry buckets so this is the way I feel I can contribute to the club.
I will be there and available for traffic control if needed.
Robert Menzel
I am not familiar with a fish called a common. This fish known by another name?
Looked up a red horse sucker, but they don’t have the dirty orange belly. If they are out there it is a good thought. He fought like a big carp or sucker.
The five times I saw this guy he was never closer than 25 yds. The very last time I saw him he was on the other side of the bridge (60 yds ). Never got to see the lower 1/3 of him. He was definitely not a stripper. Any more thoughts would be appreciated.
Would like some help in identifying a fish. I started fishing one of our year round sites about three weeks ago. The fish I would like help identifying is 18” to 24” long. He has a very dark green back with a dirty orange belly. When he feeds off the surface he comes almost all the way out of the water. I have had him on my line three times, but he always manages to get free. The first time I had him on he felt like a normal good size trout, but as soon as you set the hook he takes off down stream and is so powerful that he will keep taking line until he broke my 6 lb tippet. The second time I had him on I used an 8 lb tippet, but he again headed down stream until he again broke the tippet. The 3rd time I had him on I tried a 10 lb line for a tippet. He again headed down stream and kept pulling until he pulled loose. This guy is probably the strongest fish I have ever had on my line in the 40 years I have fished the Guadalupe. Lastly he like to hang around and under the bridge. I caught him all 3 times on a 2” grub tail just bumping along the bottom in the current. I tried catching him Thursday, but he seems to have moved on. Anybody have any ideas what he could be?
Jumbo,
I read you vacation post with great interest. You mention the Wilcox Special many times and I see it sticking out of the mouths of many of the fish that you caught. Would it be possible for you to tell us how to use it in the Guadalupe River. I’ve noticed many of these 5” and 6” rainbows in the Guadalupe the last 3 weeks in the deeper pools at Maricopa. Would the Wilcox Special work for them.
On another topic I had a large Brown Trout jump out of the water in front of me after something floating on the water. He was at least 18” or 19” long.
Excellent story. When reading them you almost feel you were there.
About a week before the COVID Pandemic started I got the bug to get a new fly reel. Being as I am retired and on a fixed income $150.00 or more for a fairly good reel is not in my budget. I decided to look to the internet under fly fishing reels to see what would come up. While scrolling do the list I started to see all these reels with names I had never heard of. I found most of these reels were made in China. I am a sucker for gold anodized fly reels so when I came across this one particular reel I just had to find out more. This reel is made by a company called Anglers Dream and the model name is “Rider”. It is machined from a solid block Of aluminum. All the internals are stainless steel and was gold anodized besides other colors. It was only $56.00. Well for this price I thought it was worth a shot. I ordered the 7/8 size as I like a larger reel. The reel came during the first week of the Social Distancing order so I thought I would go out to CVC just as the sun was coming up as I know not many of our guys like t get up that early. I got there just as it was starting to get light and was the only person there except for 3 large deer standing in the middle of the river. For a $56.00 dollar reel this thing is unbelievable. It is extremely smooth and has a likewise extremely smooth and easy to adjust disc drag. After catching 4 good size rainbows with 1 around 24” long I was blown away by the performance of this reel. Fit and finish are also fantastic. It’s like a piece of jewelry. Time will tell if it holds up. I have now used this thing twice a week for the last 4 weeks and so far it’s been flawless. I’m not big on Chinese products , but for me on a fixed income and this reel costing on $56.00 I could not pass it up.
I went to the river for the last 4 weeks with the intent of practicing social distancing, but could not find anybody around to practice with.
Was able to fish Maricopa today. Water felt cold so I checked temperature and it was 58 Deg. At 10:00 AM. Was there all by myself except for a pair of ducks and a pair of geese that flew by very close. Seemed they did it deliberately.
Checked the water temperature at 7:00 AM on 03-30-20 at CVC. The temp was 65 Deg. Caught (2) rainbows before 7:30 AM. After that nothing?
