Dog Days of Summer
We've hit the end of the summer...most of the major hatches are done but there is still plenty of opportunities out there for trout.
You've got Tricos, Terrestials and of coarse "Hair Balls" at night. Only word of advice is to make sure you handle and release the fish ASAP due to the warm water temps.
Jeff with a personal best 25"
5X Mousing
Some pics from the other night...
Drew with a 20 incher.
You can never bring enough tippet to a gun fight.
Pre-Mousing celebration cigar.
Now that’s a TROUT!
Rickey with Brown taken mousing Up North!
I my opinion this is a TROUT definition of a "TOAD".
Congrats nice fish!
Mousing NZ Style
Playing with your food?
We had hopes of a 2 foot brown last night. Temperature was still around 70 @ 2 am which should have made the fishing grrrreat. We still managed to have 15-20 blow ups and had a hook up ratio of about 2:20. I'm not sure what the deal is I guess the trout had another night where they were playing with their food.
Did manage to land one decent trout and got to test the new underwater cam.
Got it on a white/black G.G.
Night Fishing Check List
Night Fishing Check List
1. Rod/Reel staudt with the ability to chuck some small rodents and land trophy fish.
2. Box of rodents, frogs, gurglers, minnows, large streamers.
3. Lights - you might want a few of these.
4. Energy Drink - keeps you going at 2am.
Muskrat on the Fly
Here's a good report from Josh G @ Gates Au Sable Lodge in Grayling, MI.
Here's how to release a tail-hooked muskrat. First, play it quickly -- try to keep it out of the logjams. Second, hold the tail upward so it can be grasped: a muskrat can't bite it's own tail if you maintain proper tension. Third, remove the hook (preferably barbless) and return your trophy back to the stream. As always, a picture is an absolute must...
< click here for the full report >
Trout Snake
We have been playing around with some new patterns for night fishing a.k.a. Mousing. This was one we tried out a few weeks ago...
it took a skagit line to cast the fly but looked pretty sweet in the water. Now I understand there are no Taiman in the rivers up north but, I'd like to see what ever fish is going to eat this thing.
Trout Snake
Hooks: 4-6 Long streamer hooks cut.
Body: 2 full rabbit skins, foam, hackle and rubber legs.
Head: 1/4 Deer Hide, hackle, foam, rubber legs.
Mouse Video – Hawkins Outfitters
Here is a video from Ed McCoy with Hawkins Fly Fishing.
Enjoy
Bad Moon Rising
"Bad Moon Rising" by CCR was the first song that came on Pandora this morning. What a fitting song for the morning. East Lansing departure time 6:30 on the water by 9:00, off the water at 4am, sleep 2.5 hours and on the road again back home. Last night turned out to be great night on the water, better for some of us than others. If you remember from an earlier blog post that his first HEX fish has a pretty decent fish <here is the post> well, his first MOUSE fish was even better! I very heafty 23"-24" brown that decided to slam his new pattern you coined "the Stornant Hornet" All in all, we had well over 20 flushes on mice, gurglers, frogs and the Hornet. Jeff manage to lose probably the biggest fish of the night at about 2:30. When the moon was covered by the clouds the fishing was productive when there was no clouds you didn't need a light and the fishing was a bit slow. We'll be looking towards the middle of next week when the moon is little bit less full...
Dont go around tonight,
Well, its bound to take your life,
Theres a bad moon on the rise.
CCR
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