tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41224500968047949752024-03-13T10:30:20.488-07:00Chasing Blue LinesChasing Blue Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05571753526717914152noreply@blogger.comBlogger226125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122450096804794975.post-73752272011342050242017-06-22T08:40:00.000-07:002017-06-22T08:40:17.919-07:00A Hit and A Miss, Exploring a Couple New StreamsA friend of mine and I have been eyeballing a few streams on the map. One is a small trib, and another was a big main branch of a stream that had little access once you got up on it. With all the rain we have been getting, water levels were good in both streams. Stream 1 fished awesome. Good size fish for the size runs they were in and tons of fish at that. You'd look at a run and say "no self respecting trout would hold in 2 inches of water in a 1 ft by 2 ft run" but you would pull out a fat 8 inch trout. <br />
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Chasing Blue Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05571753526717914152noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122450096804794975.post-13977525958298216222017-05-18T06:43:00.000-07:002017-05-18T06:43:36.069-07:00Soggy Camping TripI'm about two weeks late posting this report up, due to being busy, but this trip was an interesting one. A few friends and I had been planning a spring backpacking trip for April. Well that backpacking trip fell on a weekend we got 3 inches of rain spread out Friday thru Sunday and I had some family stuff unexpectedly pop up so it all worked out. Postponed the trip into first weekend of May, and guess what, we got 2.5 inches of rain the day before our trip. That made for 12 inches of rain in three week period. One of the guys bailed, me and my other friend decided to just take our chances and switched game plans from backpacking to car camping. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you look closely, you can see my friend trying to cross the river so we can fish the trib on opposite side of river.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coffee and soup break. After a couple hours of it not letting up, we were concerned about the main river rising and not being able to get back across so we called the trib fishing off.</td></tr>
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While the plans changed multiple times, still was a good time camping with a little fishing thrown in.Chasing Blue Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05571753526717914152noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122450096804794975.post-86280174768036905772017-05-01T05:57:00.000-07:002017-05-01T05:58:54.113-07:00Dodging RainHad decided to get out and fish for a few hours last weekend, but the heavy rain forecast in all of VA was making it difficult to decide where. I was still bound and determined to get out for a day. Looked at the always changing forecast and hit what was supposed to get the least amount of rain. Fish were very active, but nothing really big.<br />
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Chasing Blue Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05571753526717914152noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122450096804794975.post-42264794470972287562017-01-30T06:09:00.001-08:002017-01-30T06:09:20.274-08:00January Dry Fly ActionThis is a few weeks late, but managed to get out for an afternoon on a stream I hadn't visited in a while. Was drudging up the bottom with some tungsten when I decided to switch to a dry dropper when I wasn't getting much action. To my surprise, I started catching them on the shallow drifting dropper and even had a half dozen caught on the dry. Cannot beat that for January.<br />
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Was able to get out this past Monday with a few friends and hit a SNP stream. This stream typically produces very well for me, but was not the case Monday. I'm chalking it up to because it was winter and overcast all day. Still, nobody got skunked and a good time was had by all.</div>
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Chasing Blue Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05571753526717914152noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122450096804794975.post-43163826417149762842016-12-14T13:25:00.000-08:002016-12-14T13:25:42.815-08:00Sunday Coffee BreakThis past Sunday I managed to sneak out for a couple hours on to a stream that is close by with a friend for some brookies and coffee. In 4 hours of fishing I must of landed about 30 to 40 fish, they just all lacked the size I have grown accustomed to seeing on this stream. Either way, it was a great way to burn a couple hours.<br />
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Cannot think of a better way to enjoy a cup of coffee.Chasing Blue Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05571753526717914152noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122450096804794975.post-78086401647075232352016-12-11T18:54:00.000-08:002016-12-11T18:54:16.242-08:00On the Route Brookie StreamAfter a few days of camping and not catching fish we packed up camp and hiked out of Stream A. On the drive back we hit a pretty little quartz base stream that has always treated me well. Lots of brookies and bows were caught including one brookie pushing 11 inches. Not a bad way to round out a good camping trip.<br />
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About three weeks late posting this but better late than never. First weekend in November, two friends and I decided to head back on a fabled brookie stream for a weekend and try our luck into tricking one of the big brookies that live in that stream. Unfortunately, the fishing on the stream was really slow. In two days, 5 fish were caught. A cold front pushed in the day before we got there and really put the fish down. It got down to 28 degrees the first night and 30 degrees the second night. I personally do not believe temperatures affect the trout bite, but am a big believer in barometric pressure in those cold fronts affecting the bite. Especially when you have a drastic pressure change like we had. Water levels were also a little below average, but very fishable. The camping was good with a good fire going each night, almost made you forget how cold it was going to get each night. I really enjoy cold weather camping.<br />
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Chasing Blue Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05571753526717914152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122450096804794975.post-61987011302624453742016-10-26T06:19:00.001-07:002016-10-26T06:19:36.237-07:00After Funeral Brookie TripI'm a little late posting this report, but came down with a stomach bug shortly after this trip that delayed me posting this. Had a fishing friend whose dad passed away, so another fishing friend and I attended the service up in the mountains. Always sad to see someone pass away, especially in a small mountain community where everyone knows everybody there. <br />
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After the service my friend and I took advantage of the perfect fall weather and hit a brookie stream real quick on the way out. From the looks of the females we caught, the fish have been done spawning and did not see a single fish holding on a redd. Fishing was also surprisingly different from what I was expecting. It was an 80 degree fall day and figured I'd whack them with a dry/dropper combo. It was so slow of fishing that my friend and I swore we were fishing behind someone. I cut off my rig and tied some tungsten on and immediately started picking up fish. They wanted the fly glued to the bottom and moving slow. Takes were very light too.<br />
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Chasing Blue Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05571753526717914152noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122450096804794975.post-53385671346648583092016-10-12T06:42:00.001-07:002016-10-12T06:42:19.830-07:00Quick Stream Water Level ScoutingHad a few hours to kill this past Sunday afternoon and decided to check out what the stream levels in the small streams were like. It had been really dry up until a few weeks ago and we have received well over 6 inches of rain in some areas in that span. I have a trip planned in a few weeks to come, and wanted to get an idea of how much water the mountains have been receiving and what the water levels were at. VA is doing well on the water department right now. Stream I fished was the highest I have fished it, and I managed to also dredge up one of the better brookies I have ever caught from this drainage. Good way to spend a Sunday afternoon.<br />
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All the rain that we have received was not from Hurricane Matthew, but a different front that was moving from the northwest. We did though receive a lot of wind from Hurricane Matthew following the front that moved through and as a result there is a lot of new downed trees on roads, in stream, and on trails. <br />
Chasing Blue Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05571753526717914152noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122450096804794975.post-9033222650133905262016-09-23T05:53:00.000-07:002016-09-23T05:53:02.108-07:00Jackson River Low Water FloatThis past weekend I had a few Sunday but the lack of rain has really limited fishing options in Virginia. It was either wade for some smallies or test out my buddy's new to him Bi Yak on the tailwater. The Jackson River was even low at 220 cfs, but we decided to give it a go anyways knowing there would be lots of dragging and bumping down the river. Fishing was slow as we found out that the lake above was turning over, but fish were caught and a good time was had by all. It started out as a 3 man float but we ditched one of the guys shortly after our voyage due to the skinny water and finding out the 3 man bi yak is really a 2 man bi yak when the 3 men are not the size of midgets. <br />
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It was great getting out and catching a few trout, but I think next time we fish this river, we'll pick a day when there is a little more water.Chasing Blue Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05571753526717914152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122450096804794975.post-67761967008006934742016-08-12T12:21:00.001-07:002016-08-12T12:21:38.383-07:00Rainy, Cool Summer Brookie TripIt has been a very odd August. We had a very dry, hot stretch from June thru Mid July, but the end of July and August has been extremely rainy and pretty mild temps. A few days snuck down to the low 70's. I had a small break last Sunday to hit a close by brookie stream and it treated me very well. Probably the best it has fished in a long time. All the trout came on a size 12 stimi and it was almost like I could not keep them off the hook. That was a good problem to have.<br />
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Chasing Blue Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05571753526717914152noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122450096804794975.post-38449116117042765142016-07-20T09:31:00.000-07:002016-07-20T09:31:24.996-07:00Study Break - July BrookiesIt is a rarity that we can still fish for brook trout in mid July in VA. Usually by June, we have to leave the brookies alone for the rest of summer due to water levels being too low and temps being too high. But this summer has been especially wet and cool. Had the family out of town so I called up a friend and we hit a trout stream I enjoy a chance to fish whenever I can. There were a few pools with sulking trout in it, but fish were caught on dries and a good time was had.<br />
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Chasing Blue Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05571753526717914152noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122450096804794975.post-30408085693413840512016-05-16T13:25:00.001-07:002016-05-16T13:25:53.225-07:00Second BreakfastI hit a stream that has been on my radar for a while but have not yet had a chance to fish it. This stream is an odd one as it has some grey property/national forest issues. Bottom of the stream is private land, but there are National Forest markers on the tree. Best I can tell is the Forest Service has a small sliver of land going up to their fire road that follows the stream. I think the land owner thinks he owns it all and has run barbed wire across the stream and trees into National Forest land in several different spots. If it has National Forest markers on the trees, it is fair game in my books.<br />
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Chasing Blue Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05571753526717914152noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122450096804794975.post-66471695345239390222016-04-27T12:03:00.001-07:002016-04-27T12:03:19.184-07:00Spring Brookie Backpacking TripIt has been a while since I've been out fishing. Between tax season with the new job, moving into a new house, and family priorities, I have not been able to get out fishing. I decided after the tax season, I needed to get out and enjoy some spring fishing. Mother nature decided to throw a curve ball on us though with the driest spring I can remember. the old saying, April's showers brings May's flowers was a bunch of garbage this year. Less then an 1 inch of rain in a month after coming off a very wet winter is bizarre. The stream we were planning on backpacking to is surely too low to fish, so we picked out a big drainage in the SNP to hit. It was low, but it held fishable water. On top of the low water, a fire going on in the SNP and a missing girl search narrowed our choices of drainages to fish.<br />
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I have a 90L pack and I enabled my bad habit of packing heavy. When it was all said and done, my pack easily weighed over 65lbs.<br />
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Sleep good in the hammock with a stomach full of stew and was greeted by camp coffee, sriracha egg and bacon sandwiches.<br />
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The fishing was good the first day. Lots of fish were caught and a few between 9 and 11 inches were caught by me. One of the guys landed one close to a foot long. Bug activity was not as good as the evening before due to some overcast skies and a cold front that moved in, but there were a few yellow sallies and mayflies of different kinds flying around.<br />
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One of the other guys and me hit a stream on the drive back home in the SNP. This stream was smaller then the last drainage we fished and had lower water. Also had lower average sized fish, but my biggest fish of the weekend came from this stream. A fish around the 11 inch mark.<br />
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It was a great relaxing/tiring weekend all at once. Physically I was tired from all the hiking and fishing, but personally I was relaxed and ready to put up with a few more weeks of the daily grind. Chasing Blue Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05571753526717914152noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122450096804794975.post-4144901550763609042016-03-01T09:36:00.001-08:002016-03-01T09:36:17.365-08:00Quick Half Day OutingSunday I managed to sneak out in the afternoon to entice a few brookies and have some coffee on a rare 65 degree February Day. The water was high, sun was warming the water on every pool, and the air temp was t shirt approved. There was even a strong mayfly hatch. It would be a perfect combination for active brookies looking up.....wrong. Most bizarre conditions and behavior I have ever experienced. Trout were not in their obvious, suspected holding positions for a day like today. My friend started out throwing dries due to the hatches on the water, but not even a sniff of his dry nor did I see a trout rise to any insects all day. The mayflies picked a good day to come off the water. Fishing was slow and every fish I caught came from multiple slow drifts at the head of pools. That fly had to basically sit on the bottom of the pool for a good while before a fish would pick it up. Even though the fish were few and far in between, it was a great day to be out on the water and enjoying a good cup of joe.<br />
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Wrapped up the day with some breakfast for dinner. Not a bad way to round out a Sunday.Chasing Blue Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05571753526717914152noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122450096804794975.post-50139810720423865802016-02-09T10:14:00.000-08:002016-02-09T10:14:00.046-08:00Pre Tax Season Shenandoah National Park Decided to make the most of the nice weather this past weekend to fish in the Shenandoah National Park. Needed a little bit of SNP before new job tax season duties keep me indoors for the rest of winter/early spring. SNP is a place where I have always said I do not fish enough, but have already hit it twice in the past couple months. The water levels were perfection and the trout were very active from the get go. A few big girls made their appearance with one going for close to the foot mark and several in the 9 to 11 inch range as well. Couldn't ask for a better day.<br />
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Chasing Blue Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05571753526717914152noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122450096804794975.post-85603437836156956502016-01-06T11:12:00.000-08:002016-01-06T11:12:42.667-08:00Kicking off the New YearThis past Saturday I fished a stream my friend has been eyeballing on the map for a while. It is a bushwhack in and bushwhack out kind of stream, but is only a quarter of a mile from the BRP. Unfortunately it is a 700 ft elevation loss in the hike in and a 500 ft elevation gain on the hike out. I did not know those last few details as my friend had worked out all the details for this trip and I was just tagging along. It was a heck of a hike off that stream and my friend and I barely made it out (him more so then I). Still was a great day to get out though and catch some trout in a stream that, for obvious reasons looking back, receives little pressure.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Managed to drudge up this pretty fish with a heavy tungsten fly. Worked the pool first with and dry/dropper and pulled a few smaller fish. Switched to the heavy stuff to see what was lurking on the bottom.</td></tr>
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Chasing Blue Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05571753526717914152noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122450096804794975.post-39627592060197188892015-11-20T08:50:00.000-08:002015-11-20T08:50:05.893-08:00SNP Forced Brookie TripThe ending to this year has been both exciting and hectic. I recently started a new job which involves an hour and a half commute until my wife and I sell our house. So between the baby, new job, and the house selling process I have been going full throttle. This past weekend I decided to relax a little from the house work and do a day trip. <br />
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The day started out slow and cold, but after the sun hit the hit the water for a little bit the fishing picked up. Even caught a couple on the dry. <br />
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Chasing Blue Lineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05571753526717914152noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122450096804794975.post-67776418147786975852015-10-29T13:34:00.001-07:002015-10-29T13:34:23.081-07:00Musky SkunkageI have been out a couple times chasing the musky in the rivers of Virginia. Only had some action one day. Hooked one that came unbuttoned before I could get him in the net and had another follow and an eat but he completely missed the fly. Still great to get out on the river and enjoy a couple nice fall days.<br />
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