Lower Kinni 4.19.16

I fished the Kinni below the house this evening from about 4:00 to 7:00. I was on a mission to get into some fish using streamers, and began the day using a brown and yellow Frick’s Fix. I got to a nice hole where we’ve had success in the past and probably had 25+ follows and swipes (including a couple 16+ inchers) but never got one to commit. I switched streamers seven times and made a bunch of different retrieves to no avail. Talk about frustrating. I’m going to have to bring friend and Streamer Dream Teamer Eddie Rivard to that spot sometime soon to show me how to seal the deal. What do you do when the fish won’t commit to your streamer?

Eventually I relented and and tied on an ice dub pheasant tail and black zebra midge, and caught six browns before calling it a day. All fish were caught in shallow (less than 2 ft.) riffles.

I ran into a nice guy named Mike who was having success swinging wet flies, something I’d never done before. It’s definitely something I’ll have to try. He was even nice enough to give me a fly, a Hendrickson pattern. Thanks Mike!

The water was still clear after last nights rain, and Hendricksons and BWOs were coming off throughout the outing. Fish were rising pretty frequently when I arrived on the stream, but slowed down as it got later.

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