Alex Argyros
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Glad you’re okay. I had something very similar happen to me about three months ago above the island at Whitewater Camp. But, as opposed to your incident, my boots never separated and I was quickly heading to very deep water. I survived, but I needed a good deal of luck to do so.
Here’s part of my Dec. 16 post describing the event:
“As I was wading, somehow my wading shoes got attached to each other. I suspect that the one of the little hooks on my waders that keeps the garter in place got loose and attached itself to my other boot. So, I was wading in swift water with my feet bound together. I flailed around for a while but, luckily for me, I saw the island coming my way and I porpoised to it and, again with a lot of luck, managed to grab hold of a root and pull myself up. I had more good luck because a friendly person in a boat came down to me and ferried me back to shore. But, in order to get to the island, I had to let go of my rod.”
Alex
Given that you want to access the river in a lease that will soon expire, my recommendation is that you start at Pott’s and wade up to #5. There’s lots of good water in that stretch, not to mention a ton of fish.
Alex
March 31, although some of the leases will still be available with some wading. I’d concentrate on the ones that will be a long wade to get to.
The tubing is a wonderful idea.
I’ve “tied” a few using the tubing idea, but I built a small thread base on the hook, covered it with super glue, put the tubing with squirmy on it, and then lashed the tubing onto the hook with tying thread. Looks like it might work. Thanks for the idea.
Alex
I can’t imagine that the use of that grip can be good for the fish. Why not simply remove the fly from the fish while it’s still in the water?
And, with the low flows we had last summer, I doubt if that that fish is a holdover.
Alex
I like Ron’s idea. Of course, I’ve never been a big fan of buttons.
I remember. I’m still wearing the same hat. And he was from a place a bit east of The Bronx.
Btw, the correct expression is “youse guys.”
Alex
Sounds good to me too. Glad to see you two having a ball.
I was out fishing, sans camera, of course, the last day of Troutfest (i.e., last Sunday). I was also fishing a location that is secret beyond words, but, known to at least one immigrant whom I ran into at the parking lot at the break of dawn. This immigrant spoke surprisingly good English, albeit with a noticeable accent. But he’s a nice guy, and I have a soft spot in my heart for non-Texas natives.
At any rate, I had a stellar day. I hooked around forty trout, not to mention a lovely sucker, but bounced quite a few, so netted only around thirty. I say “only” with a wry smile, since that is a fantastic day by anyone’s reckoning. Several rainbows went around 19″ and the fish of the day was a brown of the same length. All of the fish were healthy, nicely colored, and feisty. All in all, a wonderful day.
Alex
My Korkers work fine everywhere on the river.
The ones that I just got from Korkers open way up very easily. And, thanks for the tip about the felt soles.
Alex
They said nothing about having encountered the problem before. They just replaced my boots with a new pair (including two soles) of boots. BTW, the new pair has the BOA lacing system, which I prefer.
The little tab on the back of the boot that the soles latch onto came off on my right boot. I may have gotten it stuck in something in the stream, but I’m really sure how it happened.
I was at Potts all day. There was one other car there in the morning when I went down to the river, and there were no cars there at 3:00pm when I left.
BTW, it was a very good day of fishing. Hooked about 19 fish and brought most of them to net.
Paul,
I’m not sure what you mean by “until march well that a good value foe LAP,” but wading across #5 above the weir is relatively easy, but wading down that side of the river isn’t. There are no easy wades with the flows at 500, but for relative ease and productivity, I would choose Ponderosa.
Alex
Good points, Ron.
I went fishing yesterday and did fine. However, I’ve decided that, although I can wade in the kind of flows we’re having, I don’t really enjoy it. So, I’ve been “edging,” fishing stretches where I can fish relatively close to shore. The good news is that, with the higher flows, there are fish everywhere.
Alex
