 We Got Beat Up By Big Rainbows: Lots Of Fish Tough To Catch
Posted by jeremy on July 18, 2004
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So, my friend Pete drives 300 miles to come up and flyfish Maine only to get his butt kicked by the big Rainbows. We showed up to this stretch of water like you read about. Cold water, two streams dumping into the big river. As soon as we get in the water, Pete's says, "Holy @#$%, did you see the size of that fish?" I did not see that one but I saw all the others. Monster Rainbows were thrashing all over the surface. You could see their shoulders and they were big fish. So, Pete and I are giving each other hi fives and we are ready to put the boots to these fish. I tie on a new leader a nice fly, light a smoke and I make my first cast. I put it right where it needed to be. I was waiting for that monster to grab it. Nope. Ok, maybe that fish was just a little weird, of course he's gonna want a size 16 elk hair caddis, its like the Maine State Bird. Every fish will eat it. So, I find another whale rising. In fact big Rainbows are rising everywhere. I mean everywhere. So, the perfect cast, the perfect mend. Nothing. "Hey Pete, you gettin any of these to take?" Pete answers, "Nope." So to keep
a very long story short, Pete and I ended up trying everything in our flyboxes. We made thousands of casts. Wooly, emergers, caddis, bead head, copper john, etc.. We did have one monster fish take a caddis. He broke us off immediately, but that was it. One hit and that was it. The fish were everywhere, rising like you read about, but we could not catch em. We said, "let's call joe-m, he will show up with his deadly nymph rig and teach these fish a lesson. He will know what to use." So, we get joe on the cell and convince him to come help us. He shows up, walking tall across the river. "Ok boys, lets get em." He starts out fishing with a 3 fly dropper system. Deadly on most rivers. Not here, not today. Fish are rising at our feet. Big fish. Joe switches to dries and before long he is just another dog in the dog house, unleashing everything in his box. These fish were not falling for any of our usual tricks. Joe did get some real nice fish on another section of river the day before, but I will let Joe tell that story in his article. So, all in all we had a blast, but we all got beat up. I am home now licking my wounds, Pete has his tale between his legs driving back 300 miles back home and Joe is probably already back in the river again trying for those elusive trout. It was litterally painful. Fishing over countless, beautiful fish and unable to dial into what they were taking. We will figure it out. SOON! And when we do, get ready for some good nice rainbows to take the place of the skunks.
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Re: We Got Beat Up By Big Rainbows: Lots Of Fish Tough To Catch
by MarshallD on July 18, 2004 http://www.flyanglersguide.com | Nice Skunks and, welcome 3 new members of the club! I am a charter member, having been skunked there many times!
Toughest fish in Maine!
It's this experience that forges a more skilled and thoughtful angler who returns time after time, sharpening his skills to earn his prize.
On this stretch of river
A good day there is when you see a good fish rise.
A great day there is when you can cast to a good fish and he takes, but breaks you off.
An exceptional day there is when you are able to land a good fish.
tight lines,
marshallD |
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Yup - Humbling Water
by jeremy on July 18, 2004 http://www.fliesandfins.com | Marshall is right and he is the man to talk to if you want to fish for rainbows that you never thought existed in Maine. Marshall is a retired school teacher and a phenomenal fly tier and fly angler. he spends all his days now on the water - instead of just from 2pm until 8pm like when he had to work. His rates are very affordable and he is the man to talk to if you want to fish for some serious fish - just look at the fish he got in the article below. visit his site and give him a call. Marshall will put you on draw dropping fish. These fish however, will not fall for the typicall flies and they will notice every little mistake. It can be a big advantage to go with Marshall - regardless of your experience level. You should always be learning anyway. If your not, than your doing something wrong. These fish will FORCE you to learn. Marshall can teach you.
http://www.flyanglersguide.com [www.flyanglersguide.com] |
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Re: We Got Beat Up By Big Rainbows: Lots Of Fish Tough To Catch
by Marcel_Karssies on July 19, 2004 http://www.marcelkarssies.com | Even though we have not no skunks at this side of the big pond I still got skunked yesterday. Due to flooding our river was coffeecolored.
Our river yesterday
I had one bite that was it. Another river a couple of miles away was amazingly absolutely clear.
Just a couple of miles away, clear water
It was a bummer that we did not have a license for that place so we could only watch
the rising fish. It was heartbreaking |
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