Alex Argyros
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Good work, J.C. I didn’t know you could be so deceptive, but I admire your Machiavellian ways. Switch from tan? When everybody (notice that I didn’t mention you among the cognoscenti, to protect you from all the requests to identify the fly that I, myself, am getting as I write) knows that olive sucks and tan rules. With an olive fdybrdjug you might catch a few dozen trout in a couple of hours fishing. But with the tan . . . you know better than anyone.
Btw, Trey’s fdybrdjug is one of those flies I was talking about. He and I are the only ones (whom I know) fishing it, and, if I may put my modesty aside for a second, we’re slaughtering them out there. Sometimes, I honestly think that it isn’t fair and that I should go back to an egg trailed by a zebra midge.
Trey is right about everything, especially about the trout getting tired of seeing, and getting stung by, the same types of flies. To that, add the fact that the low flows have concentrated the trout in relatively few spots, spots that all the guides, and many anglers, know about. The result is a constant pounding, making these trout loathe to eat what everyone is throwing.
Like I’ve said in the past, you might want to try a kind or style of fly that is not particularly popular. And, when you’re having success with it and someone asks you what you’re using, say a hare’s ear.
I’ve only done this once (before it got cold), but I had a really good day. I rigged two midges Euro style (i.e., one on point, the other on a dropper). Then, about two feet above the dropper, I add a little bit of tungsten putty (rolled very thin). The idea comes from Rim Chung and Phil Iwane, two consummate nymph fishermen.
I’ve had my best luck this year fishing midge larvae (sizes 22 and 24) dead drifted. Some people swing soft hackles to great effect, but I’ve never done much of that so I can’t help you there. BTW, I’ve found “floating the sighter” to work well with tiny stuff.
The code is on your car tag.
Ron,
Yes, this year is it. Then, bring on the Hendricksons, or, the eggs. It will be very nice to go fishing when I want. And, maybe, see you on the river more often.
Alex
Afraid so.
There’s lots of room if you are crazy enough to go out fishing in a blizzard.
You’re right, Ron. Yesterday, I fished entire stretches that normally hold lots of fish and caught nothing. Nor did I see, or scare off, any fish, suggesting that the water was too shallow to interest fish. When we finally do get some significant rain, the fish will spread out and, as you say, so will the fisherman.
I was able to fish yesterday. I went to the river excited by the prospect of fishing on a weekday, thinking that I would avoid the usual weekend crowds. It didn’t take long for me to be disabused of my naive notions. I caught my share of fish, but my numbers paled in comparison to the numbers of anglers (both on their own and in guide boats) that I encountered. People were polite and pleasant, and I’m happy to see that the Guadalupe is so popular, but the low water made some spots more like social events than fishing.
You could meet at a public parking spot (the rest area on 306 just before you get to Sattler if you’re coming from I35, or up by the dam) and then go to a lease in one car.
Alex
Good luck finding the glasses. I’ll look for them later this week.
Sorry, TW, but this is a family event. No nudity allowed.
What I saw wasn’t in the order of magnitude of 100. I saw perhaps ten. But a few other anglers whom I ran across also told me that they saw dead brown. And Kanz was the only stocking site where we saw fish go belly up.
Jimbo, do you have any idea why the trout from that one cell had so many casualties? Did the cell somehow malfunction?
