STORY of the Week:
The Beginner II
Well
it was the summer of 2002. I had just got my first fly rod. I was
inexperienced to say the least but had a longing to learn how to fly
fish. I had seen my brother in law out on the rivers in Idaho and
desperately wanted to learn what he was doing. I had seen some of the
rewards that he would come home with. So now it was my turn and after a
little instruction on how to cast using a fly rod I ventured to the
mountain to do some stream fishing. I was driving up to the middle fork
river just outside of Boise Idaho. As I followed the stream I could see
the rocks on the bottom of the river when I finally came to a small bend
in the river where it seemed to be much deeper. I stopped my truck and
set up camp. I then made my way out to a nice rock to stand on that was
about 35 feet in front of this nice deep pool. Using my Pfluggler (not
sure about the spelling) fly rod 5wt. I tied on a nymph. I made three
nice casts and then let my fly lay right in the middle of this pool as I
gave my line some slack. Within 5 or so minutes Bang fish on!!! I let my
fly reel squeal and as I started to reel in my catch I noticed that it
wasn't a huge fish but not bad for my first time out. Nice little
rainbow about 14 inches and about 13oz. Well I must have caught and
released several that day and only kept a few decent sized ones. It was
a great first time experience catching trout...
Michael
J. Carr
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