Hey guys,
Just got in from nymphing the pooty. I headed out at about 10 am. I only had one hares ear and one pheasant tail both beadheaded. So thats what I tied on first with the hares ear on top of the pheasant tail about 12" apart. Now I am by no means a expert fly fishermen but I knew what I was doing. kind of. So I go to the first pool I usually have luck with on the spinning gear. First cast nothing, second cast, nothing: Then on my third cast my strike indicator shoots down... so I set the hook and the fight is on with my first fly rod trout let alone my first nymph fish. So I finally bring it a shore and it's a beautiful 13" bow. Not bad for my first flyrod and nymph fish. So I cast out again once I release him. and I believe 2 casts later I have on a decent brookie... But of course I lose him.. that's okay at least I didn't get a skunk at all today. So then I lose a couple fish here and there then I head down to another pool. I get there and doing the same thing just dead drifting both nymphs under my strike indicator when on the 4 cast I hook into a decent 13" brookie. landed him and released him. then I miss a bunch more hits. then I head down to the final pool I wanted to hit and I get nothing there but a LDR with a small brookie. So then I head back up to the pool I was previously at and I miss a couple fish I LDR some too. Then i head back up to the original pool I fished. So i cast to where i caught the same fish earlier i let it drift alot kinda getting discouraged because the sun was beating down. when all of a sudden my strike indicator goes down. So I set the hook and think i'm snagged so i'm like great. Then the rock starts moving... so i go this isn't a rock it's a fish. I see it and it seems to be about a 17" brown. So as it was making one hard run i thoughht my tippet could handle it... but what do you know. SNAP! takes both my flies which i didn't have replacements for and swims away. So not having my two favorite flies i leave. But all in all it was a good day with my first 2 fly fish caught a 13" bow and a 13" brookie and lots of misses and LDRs. It was awesome. I am now very confident with nymph fishing the pootatuck.
-Evan
