I guided today. My client, Mark White is a beginner fly fisher and he is getting better and better everytime we fish together. I have fished with Mark four times in the last few months and it will only be a matter of time before he realizes the few things he is doing wrong and become a complete and very good fly fisher.
The weather was beautiful today. The temperatures was about 65 degrees and it was windy. For most of the day I could not decide if I was cold or not. About 1 PM, I decided that I was freezing my butt off! I was wearing a long sleeved flats shirt, a fleece vest and a soft shell rain jacket. I was warm in my upper body, but stupid me decided to wear shorts and that little amount of exposed skin kept me cold most of the day. I guess I am getting old. Back in the day, 65 degree temps and cold water never bothered me. The fishing was fair. The water being cold and the solar lunar calandar saying that the fishing would be a 12 out of a possible 100, I was suprised to actually boat a few fish and suprised that Mark actually got about 12 good hits. Mark is working on strip setting the hook. We need a day of constant action to get strip setting practice. It seems like whenever Mark least expected a strike…a fish struck. A good lesson for all fly fishers and all anglers is to expect a fish to strike on every cast.
Well, what else can I say, the fish were not jumping in the boat. However, we did catch a few fish on the last day of 2008. That, my friends is not too shabby.
M.
Happy New Year.
