Roger Berens report

On Apr 25, 2012, at 8:53 PM, rjberens@aol.com wrote:

Hi Rob -

Glad to have met you and your Dad today. Wind came up about 30 - 45 minutes after you left - how did you know that was going to happen? I ended up with 3 fish for the day (quit about 12:30) - 2 on the cdc emerger I showed you. Switched to an ugly duckling with the chironomid dropper you gave me (thanx - I'll definitely try it again) and got 1 on the "duck" but wind was already picking up.

I e-mailed Randy about the otter - we'll see what happens.

Maybe I'll see you next week - at least sometime in the near future.

Tap 'er light -

Roger Berens (RJB)

You Otter Come Fishing

I was fishing at the club this morning with my dad again--3 hours, two rainbows, one brown, broke off two on choronomids with light tippet (too light) and caught the ones we landed on green, olive, and black buggers.  Almost no fish rising to the surface and not much action.

The biggest surprise was seeing an otter in the pond.  I've seen a muskrat before, but this was an otter. Not good news for the fishies.  Otters are real effective at catching fish, so we've got competition.  Perhaps that is part of why fishing was so quiet this morning--the fish are hiding in the weeds quaking with fear!  With the nesting osprey above and the otter beneath and us chasing them with flies, it's got to be a tough time to be a trout at the FRC.

Rainbows, and Tigers, and Browns--Oh My!

My Dad & I went to the Fighting Rainbow Club this morning and had an overcast, but calm, day. We caught rainbows and a brown and Dad caught a nice Tiger Trout. Largest 19", though Dad had one smack his wooly bugger, jump high in the air, and snap off his tapered leader halfway up. I told him that must be the special leader Tom tied on for steelheading. =-0

All fish on varied flies--no consistency or pattern or rhyme or reason. Nine rod-hours and seven nice fish. My first fishing outing of the year so hopefully it is just a warm up.