Fishing May 7th

I made it out last night after work for a bit of Shad fishing.

I was having no luck at all until a fellow named Phil ambled down the stream and stopped to chat. He mentioned that he had tried several different coloured flies and when he changed to green started hitting a few fish.

Needless to say, I immediately changed to a green fly. You can see the results in the pictures.

All told, pretty slow until sometime between almost dark and should have left fifteen minutes ago. A few fish landed, two fish hooked and lost plus a lot of bumps and strikes with no hook-ups.

It was interesting watching Phil fish on down the river. He worked the fly more than I am inclined to but out fished me so I will pay a lot more thought and attention to that. He also fished a stretch of water I had walked right by with some success. Lesson learned.