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 Staying DRY In The Rain: Kennebec River Dry Fly Fishing
Posted by Fisherboy on May 23, 2005
WOW! What a day! I have been fly fishing with Jeremy alot lately and today was arguably the best day i've had fly fishing with him. When Jeremy and I arrived on the kennebec, I was ready to catch some fish. Jeremy had been there the day before and had caught plenty of trout on dry flies, and now it was my turn. I was so psyched up, ready to get my first trout on a dry fly. We arrive at the access point and everything was dead. The river was high, and it was raining. But, thats not always a bad thing! It was exactly what had happened to Jeremy the day before, until 2:00 that is.
So we pounded the water, throwing buggers, emergers, nymphs, and more buggers. Natta. We continued to fish, almost knowing that we weren't gonna catch anything. So we hop in the car and take a drive to Dunkin Donuts. We called Marshall on the cell, hoping to fish with him. It is 1:45. We drive back to the river and see Marshall hiking down the bank, and we do the same. We reached the river and put on new 12-13 foot leaders, new #14 hendricksons and we were set. Than 1 trout rose. Than another. Soon we were pushing against the fast water to reach the rising fish. "It's happening, it's happening" Jeremy said! Fish were rising all around us, and bugs were hatching in large numbers. Jeremy than taught me how to fish the dry, and I got the perfect drift. I had set the fly upstream and it was slowly coming down, than something slapped something. I wasn't sure if the fish took my fly or not, but I set the hook and the battle was on. This dark rainbow put up
a good 10 minute fight, and it was an unbelievable experience. So much fun. We got out of there because the hatch only lasted an hour or so, and no fish were active any more. We drove back down south and fly fished for the stripers in the marshes, Jeremy got 1 scrappy one and a glove. No fifty billion pounders hooked today. I am still drawn back to that moment when the fish slapped the fly, I am now a dry fly fisherman. Thank you Jeremy for another great day.
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Re: Staying DRY In The Rain: Kennebec River Dry Fly Fishing
by MarshallD on May 23, 2005 http://www.flyanglersguide.com | Nice job, Austin!
I'm sure you'll be back to the Kennebec.
2-3year old Rainbow by the looks of it. Any fins missing or clipped?
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Re: Staying DRY In The Rain: Kennebec River Dry Fly Fishing
by caddishead on May 23, 2005 | | Good for you! For me it was the opposite. I started with dry flies and have always liked surface action better. I have been spending a lot more time under water trying to perfect my skills. |
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Re: Staying DRY In The Rain: Kennebec River Dry Fly Fishing
by jeremy on May 23, 2005 http://www.ineedasimplesolution.com | Fisherboy .... That was probably one of the best fly fishing experiences I have had in years (outside of hooking 2 of my best steelhead this past winter).... Fly fishing with you is so much fun for me...See, you think that it is "so nice of me to take you fly fishing." But, let me tell you why it is a little more self-serving than you might think.
I get bored very easily - and it's the passion that I crave. The end result of the things I do are merely a byproduct of my never ending quest for tapping into the things I am passionate about.
As long as I have lived, I have always been this way, with everything I do. It is not possible for me to do things half way or with half a heart. I either do things with undying passion or not at all. Many moons ago, my mom asked me if I wanted a guitar for my birthday. The answer did not come quickly..because I knew that if I said yes it would mean thousands of hours of studying music theory, reading music and trying to figure out the things that seemed impossible. I decided that I wanted to do that so she bought me a guitar. And guess what...I slaved over music and music theory for years and still do. Others might say, why do you that? Why can't you just be satisfied with playing some simple chords around a campfire...I can't do it..it's not in my nature...I am always interested in the things I can NOT do...and the things that are hard to do...I find very little satisfaction in the things I can already do.
Then comes technology: I love my business because it is perfect for someone like me. The things you knew yesterday...may not matter tomorrow. Companies rise and fall in matters of months. One technology may be hot today and dead tomorrow. There is no time to think about what was...only about what is to come....and you better be learning something every minute of the day or your gonna get outdated. So, I eat it all up! Networking, wireless, php, java, html, xml, streaming media, graphics, asp, jsp, wan, lan, ip addressing, server technologies, remote file sharing, digital marketing, digital phones, flash, cold fusion......and on and on and on.....
NOW FLY FISHING!!!!! Many people ask me...why do you ONLY fly fish! It is not that I am opposed to any other style of fishing. They just do not do anything for me anymore. I have caught all of the big fish in the ocean. Literally....swordfish, mako sharks, tiger sharks, tuna, halibut, huge salmon and on and on and on....I have fished like I fish now ever since I was 5 years old. Rod and Reel, Trolling, Long Lining, Dragging, Gill Netting, Purse Seining...
SO HERE IS MY POINT: Big fish don't really do much for me anymore. Lot's of fish don't really do much for me anymore...spin fishing does not do much for me anymore. Commercial fishing does not do much for me anymore. All I like is fly fishing...and who knows...maybe someday...fly fishing won't do much for me.
With all of that being said....I like fly fishing with you because your young and you have the passion. To see you catch your first trout on a dry fly yesterday was better than if I had caught 60 billion trout on the dry fly yesterday. To bring you places that I love and that I have gotten to know as world class fisheries...is infinately more satisfactory than going by myself. To fly fish with you and see things through your eyes..everything looks new again.
I would find no satisfaction in fly fishing with you, if you did not remind me so much of myself when I was your age. But this is not the case. I was exactly like you...As I grow older, meet more fly fisherman and flyfish all over the place; I have come to this conclusion. The waters of the world are littered with know it alls. The fly fishing companies of the world will sell everything to anyone and they invent these silly things and market them so well that people actually start to believe that you need them. Graphite, tungsten, tappered leaders, special this and super that.....It's all marketing and it's so tiresome. What i s
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Re: Staying DRY In The Rain: Kennebec River Dry Fly Fishing
by joe-m on May 23, 2005 | | Great job I love to fish that area I never have much luck with dry's.. Nice big fish!!! |
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Re: Staying DRY In The Rain: Kennebec River Dry Fly Fishing
by Fisherboy on May 23, 2005 | Howdy!
Thank you everyone for your compliments. Marshall, no clipped fins that I noticed, but we had our hands full and weren't really looking. I was chasing my net downstream half the time. I will be back on the k before you can say rainbows on dry flies.Tight lines
Austin |
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Re: Staying DRY In The Rain: Kennebec River Dry Fly Fishing
by ChrisR on May 23, 2005 | That's is a great fish you caught. I don't think I have ever seen a bow quite that dark in color. Nothing beats catching a trout like that on a dry. Landed my first of the season last Friday on a tan caddis dry.
Looks like I picked a good time to take a Maine vacation also. Can't wait to head up there this weekend and get a shot at some of those fish.
Great story Fisherboy, keep them coming. |
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Re: Staying DRY In The Rain: Kennebec River Dry Fly Fishing
by patm on May 25, 2005 | Well written article. Great fish.
Congrats |
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