Post by Rockyraccoon on Mar 23, 2008 12:52:54 GMT -5
.....or the Toccoa River. 
I spent last week working on the Hiwassee and Toccoa. Man it's good to be employed again!
Over all fishing was good on both rivers. However, the storms of Wednesday provided the wettest day I've ever spent on the water. And that includes days that saw me floating my hat.
My friend and client Mike Barker joined me for a float down the Toccoa. The forecast was grim but it looked like we'd have 4 hours of dry weather before the rain caught us. Nope.
One hour into the trip it started raining. 6 hours later at the takeout, it was still raining. I'd call the rain steady, but at times it was downright hard, and when we were lucky it was just a sprinkle but that was rare.
I kept the boat moving all day, never had to get out of the boat, and only set anchor twice. We fished mostly tungsten nymphs under indicators, but we did do some heavy bugger fishing but the nymphs were more productive. We caught plenty of nice fish all the way down the river despite enduring the constant rain. During the course of the day, we watched the water go from clear to deep stain which made it a little tougher in the afternoon, but we still caught fish.
I must have bailed over 100 gallons of water out of the floor of my Clacka. We didn't even get a chance to eat lunch. It's just impossible to rip out a huge shore lunch during that kind of rain. We made due with several packs of crackers and a few icy cokes that would have been better as hot coffee instead.
When we hit the takeout and I got out of my waders, my entire body was soaked........dripping soaked. From my head to my toes. I must have a nasty leak in my waders and rain jacket because they didn't seem to do the job. OR the insane amounts of rain just flat out overwhelmed them. I don't know, I just know I was SOAKED! The wettest I've ever been after, or during a day of fishing.
With all that said, it was still an awesome day to be on the water. The highlight of the day was turning the corner and seeing the takeout, then watching Mike strike a quick drop of his indicator followed by the sweet sound of drag.
A nice 20" Brown. In sight of the takeout and notice that muddy water. You can even see the raindrops on the water.
Just goes to show that in our beloved sport, even when it's bad, it can still be so good.
The old saying of "Even a bad day of fishing"....isn't entirely true because after all.....there are no bad days in fishing......some are just better than others.
I spent last week working on the Hiwassee and Toccoa. Man it's good to be employed again!
Over all fishing was good on both rivers. However, the storms of Wednesday provided the wettest day I've ever spent on the water. And that includes days that saw me floating my hat.
My friend and client Mike Barker joined me for a float down the Toccoa. The forecast was grim but it looked like we'd have 4 hours of dry weather before the rain caught us. Nope.
One hour into the trip it started raining. 6 hours later at the takeout, it was still raining. I'd call the rain steady, but at times it was downright hard, and when we were lucky it was just a sprinkle but that was rare.
I kept the boat moving all day, never had to get out of the boat, and only set anchor twice. We fished mostly tungsten nymphs under indicators, but we did do some heavy bugger fishing but the nymphs were more productive. We caught plenty of nice fish all the way down the river despite enduring the constant rain. During the course of the day, we watched the water go from clear to deep stain which made it a little tougher in the afternoon, but we still caught fish.
I must have bailed over 100 gallons of water out of the floor of my Clacka. We didn't even get a chance to eat lunch. It's just impossible to rip out a huge shore lunch during that kind of rain. We made due with several packs of crackers and a few icy cokes that would have been better as hot coffee instead.
When we hit the takeout and I got out of my waders, my entire body was soaked........dripping soaked. From my head to my toes. I must have a nasty leak in my waders and rain jacket because they didn't seem to do the job. OR the insane amounts of rain just flat out overwhelmed them. I don't know, I just know I was SOAKED! The wettest I've ever been after, or during a day of fishing.
With all that said, it was still an awesome day to be on the water. The highlight of the day was turning the corner and seeing the takeout, then watching Mike strike a quick drop of his indicator followed by the sweet sound of drag.
A nice 20" Brown. In sight of the takeout and notice that muddy water. You can even see the raindrops on the water.
Just goes to show that in our beloved sport, even when it's bad, it can still be so good.
The old saying of "Even a bad day of fishing"....isn't entirely true because after all.....there are no bad days in fishing......some are just better than others.
