Winter Warm-ups Mean Fishing Fun

Thermometer hit 46 and we hit the river yesterday.  The guys streamer pulling didn't do all that well from what I understand, but we caught a bunch of fish nymphing.  Brown trout seemed to the most active but we caught a good number of good rainbows as well.  This was a real typical trout yesterday. 

Just a great day to be out.

Johnny on the Spot

My friend John is a streamer junkie and cloudy days in the spring, summer, or fall you can find him on the Au Sable River in Northern Michigan.  He fishes the marabou black ghost almost exclusively.  I'm not sure if he was stripping the ghost on this day, but I'd bet it was tied on for at least a little bit.  He caught 3 monsters that day.  "Best Day Ever" was the title of the e-mail he sent me.  He also mentioned something about the possibility of retirement  . . . amazing what a great day on the stream can do.

Fly fishing got me out of grad school and it's gotten lots of my friends out of marriages.  Oh the power of the trout.  Be careful.