Wednesday, June 5, 2019

A Short Pond Walk

The CGR and X-Gurgler


With the evening landing me 5 minutes from a favorite pond, it only seemed right to take a walk around with the CGR and a few bugs.  


Tying on a #6 Black & White X-Gurgler, a 1/2 dozen fish were caught looking up around the lily clusters. Same fly all night. 




5 comments:

  1. Thanks for posting, Ralph. We catch naturally born Bass, Pickerel, Perch etc. and think nothing of it. Yet when we catch a native born trout, its a big deal. I guess we have been conditioned to the expectation of "manufactured" fish. I was thinking of going to Europe for some trout fishing. When I viewed a trout fishing video location Slovenia I was turned off to see the angler was catching Rainbow Trout. A Pacific trout in Europe at a destination trout stream. Give me a break! Clearly hatchery born and bred and raised to large size and released for the benefit of tourist/anglers.

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  2. You're right, little respect is given to warmwater fish in most circles. Ant that fish should be a brown. :)

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  3. Ralph likes his glass....well done.

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  4. Further on Rainbow trout in Europe. I emailed the outfitter in Slovenia who told me "they raise Rainbow trout in their hatchery because that specie is the easiest/best from a hatchery operational viewpoint".

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  5. Ralph
    Amazing how many individuals don't use the fly rod to land warm water species----loads of fun on the fly---thanks for sharing

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