Fished the suckers again on Tuesday. I thought by now the run would be starting to run down. I was wrong. The fish were stacked up in the riffles more today than in the weeks past. I drifted a weighted bugger down and had one on just about every cast. The fish were also more aggressive as the water temp has increased about 7 degrees in the past couple of weeks. I stopped fishing after 40 landed. The biggest was a 24 inch buck that took me downstream into a large pool. I was fishing by myself and landing the fish was a chore even on 3x and a 6wt rod.
On the downside, there were a couple of bait fisherman that observed me slaying the suckers and I fear this spawning hole may be out of the closet. Oh well, they at least have to have waders to get to where I was... so maybe I can stretch one more week out of this particular run. I have others in reserve if this one is over-run. That is the great thing about the sucker run... low pressure.
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great to see someone else out there chasing suckers on the fly. nice job!
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