It Only Gets Better From Here
NOTE: Now before the bashing begins let me open by stating how embarrassed I am with myself on this trip. Arriving at the river today I realized that I had forgotten my net, Having put the hour into the drive I figured on fishing anyway since I've landed plenty without the net before. This was a mistake, with the length of my rod I found it nearly impossible to land these fish and ended up beaching all three of them, I should have stopped after the first fish but in the excitement I didn't even think about that option and I am ashamed. It will NOT be happening again. With that said a fishing report is a fishing report so here you have it.
Ok, maybe today wasn't as good as yesterday but it was still awesome. I got to the creek late at about 12:00 to try to avoid crowds which worked out really well. As soon as I walked down to the stream I ran into a fellow and started chatting about the fishing and it turns out he hadn’t seen anyone catch a fish all day. I talked with him a little while longer and headed down to my favourite run to get my feet wet. Little did I know the gentleman I was chatting with snuck in downstream while I walked upstream and walked up the opposite bank to fish right where I wanted to be. I couldn’t get too mad though, he had no idea where I was going to fish so I fished the near side patiently, waiting for him to move on. I managed to land a nice five-pound brown right off the bat and then it slowed right down. Sure enough after a fishless hour for everyone he crossed back over, I think he was a little surprised to see me starting to cross as soon as he got out but we basically traded fishing spots. He wanted to get to where he saw me catch a fish and I wanted to get to the water I knew he hadn’t fished correctly. Much to my dismay after a half hour I was actually starting to believe there weren’t any fish in the run or they just were not going to eat and as I was thinking about moving downriver my line came tight. It wasn't a huge fish but it was a welcome relief to the doldrums of the day.
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