Day Trip to the Blue River

I made a day trip to the Blue River today. I arrived at about 8 a.m. and went straight to fishing with a custom built 2 wt fly rod that I built several years ago. When I got to the water, I landed a rainbow trout on my 5th cast. The day ended up kinda slow...every other hole that I fished I would catch a trout. The main fly was the trusty Bead Head Hare's Ear Nymph. The water at the Blue River is very low right now and I'm sure that had some to do with the slow fishing.  I managed to make it to the Park area around 3pm. While crawling down a steep incline to get to the river, I fell about 10 ft and rolled at least once. When I got to the bottom I slammed my knee on basketball sized rock. I was okay, and lucky. It all happened so fast, but it only highlights the fact that you should ensure a firm grip when navigating inclines.  In the end, it was a nice trip.

Landed a bruiser today!

I caught a couple of bruisers today before the rains hit...just not on a fly rod.

Fished Bethany Lakes this morning

Did a little fly fishing this morning. Bass were chasing baitfish into the shallows and the baitfish were jumping out of the water onto the shore...pretty cool!

I did some fly fishing for bream today and landed this nice Warmouth on my 2wt fly rod using an Elk Hair Caddis.

Modified Copper John

This is a modified Copper John I came up with. The Body is wrapped with a Red Vinyl Rib instead of Red wire. Here is the pattern for this fly.

Hook: Size 12, 2x Long Nymph Hook.

Thread: 8/0 Brown

Tail: Brown Goose Biots

Thorax: Red Vinyl Ribbing (substituted for Red Wire)

Abdomen: Peacock Herl, 2 strands

Wing Case and Legs: 8 Pheasant tail.

I have tied a couple of these in a size 14, 2x long Nymph Hook for the 4 wt. Fly rod package at our upcoming DU Banquet, August 5th. I received the Fly Rod blanks today from mudhole.com. They are some very nice looking blanks and the reels will go very well with the St. Croix Handle Kits that came with the blanks. I will be posting pictures of my progress on these 2 fly rods.

Tight Lines, Brad