The wind just blows sometime

 Gary and I decided to go hit Big Blue to find out for ourselves just how the fishing really is.

The wind was blowing just a little we put in at the south end so that we could put the wind at your back and work the middle section. 

  The wind got stronger and stronger and the morning passed slowly away the fish were few and skinny as from the early report. In the two hours we were there we made it almost three quarters of the way to the top of the middle lake. We found a cove to rest in for a while, dropped anchor and pounded the shore with different bugs and only picked up a few skinny torpedoes.

  My gut said I need to replenish the calories I depleted getting this far in the wind. Gary agreed and we let the wind carry us back to where we launched. That didn’t take long maybe a tenth of the time to get back. We talked about heading to the far south end to fish but the light bulb came on and the bubble popped thinkin that it may take us days to return to the launch in this gale.

  The big decision QUITE FISHIN for the day or head to somewhere else. We can’t stop for the day it’s too early and if we go home there will be chores to do.

   Almost at the same time we said AENEAS Lake  the wind will be blowing but we don’t have to go far from the launch wind at are backs  and a few more hours of fishin. We keep on our waders and took off just the minimum stuff from our boats and hauled ass to the lake.

                                    We took Pine Creek road and came in from the south side.

 We were in the water and into fish in no time, doing the disappearing bobber act over and over and over again.  Bigger, Better and Feistier. On the third fish that broke me off I went from a 5X to a 4X tippit.

 Changed out to a black micro leach under an indicator. Lost the last one, I had put on a maroon, lost it too, Indicator and all. This time I changed my leader, but tyed on something that I haven’t tried yet this year my Double Duty Chironomid. Boom it works and works ( gooder) that I thought.

But maybe it a fluke, I’ll have to try it again later. It was getting on to 5 o’clock and I needed to head out Gary was staying a while longer.

   On my way home about 2 miles north of the Big R I get this funny feelin in the truck then pow left front tire goes flat. I find a place to pull all the way off the road, call home to tell Ginny to hold the BBQ I needed to fix a flat tire. ( I have an appointment to get new skins on Tuesday ) So I go to change the tire figure out how to get the spare tire off only to find that whoever owned the truck before me had the wrong size spare. Too big a rim, it’s for a ¾ or 1 ton. So I end up calling to the rescue good old AAA.  He gets me home safe and sound on the back of the flat bed. I BBQ

   I look back as I’m eating and say to Ginny: I had a great day!!! I caught fish at two lakes, I didn’t have to row or kick back to the launch to eat lunch, went to a second lake and had a dandy fine time, catching bigger better fish, with a good friend, made it home to you with just a small delay, all is well, tomorrow I’ll catch up on the blog, resort my fly boxes and fill it with some much need flies, maybe tye a few.

Life is good……..I love my wife, I fish when I want, I have the best of friends, I catch fish,  I eat well, (some time to much) and My dogs are always happy to see me come home too!!