Getting Our lines in the Water

Fly fishing and open water season are still a ways away, but to dedicated fly fishermen it never to early to start in peroration for that screaming reel and fast water and magnificent fish. Its all to fun and to existing to not start working on casting and flies right now, and to be honest I cant help myself.

But spring fishing is not the easiest, which might be why it so much fun, but this point still stands. The water temp is still cold and the fish are not moving as much as they will latter in the year. This doesn't mean they are not active or that they are not catch-able. For after the ice leaves the lake and the rives start to go down, food becomes plentiful and fish, especial game fish like trout and salmon which are more at home in colder waters, will start to feed. In our lake the rising temperature own the surface bring giant schools of smelts to the surface, where they become the main food for Brook Trout, Land Locked Salmon, and even the usually sluggish Togue or Lake Trout which will fight just as hard in these cold waters.

To go out to get these fish in the early ice out condition, fly fishermen will typical use streamer that imitate smelts or other bait fish. Flies like this Grey Ghost, and other of similar color

As you can see they do look similar to the fresh water smelts that are the intended food item. 

In Our River the rust most likely come after the Lacks to the fact the current makes it hard to keep the line in control and it also beats down the fish. When that water levels become more stable fishermen will start attacking these areas.

Here smaller streamer flies are sometimes used, for the same reason we used them in the lakes, but nymph paters are also put into action. This can work because all during the winter insect nymphs have lived in the rocks, and remained very much alive. It is believed the trout and salmon even feed on these nymph in the misted of the winter. What ever the case my be the are feeding own them in the spring. These bundles of protein are small so are the flies, so when you have a fish own a nymph it is not a good idea to horse it.

These are the basics of early season fly fish, the are especial the nymph fishing, but in my mind that just makes the strike and that awesome fish all the more memorable.