Pat M Makes an Apperance

that's the one

the one on the rigth is an imposter

some sort of mayfly



playing with the macro




didn't come out clear at all

can't go wrong with the hummer stone





cuttie courtisy of pat
pats pig




fat cuttie

Pat said he hadn't fished since about april so we discussed on where to fish today. pat made a few suggestionsbut i was anxious to hit this little gem and since pat had never fished it it taken take much arm twisting on my part. we are always up for hitting new water. we both chose to stay top side today and it was good to see pat hook up in the first drift but unfortunately it came unbuttoned. it was a good sign that the fish were hitting on top right off the bat and it was still morning. we fished up maybe 2 miles worth of river if i had to guess and between the 2 of us we each caught a few really nice browns and cutts. i will have to say that the cutts on average are a lot bigger this year then they were last. the highlight of the day was a 20"+ brown that pat caught with a cicada pattern. an occurence happened today that i had never seen before. it's funny cause i was reading one of my fly fishing mag's the other day and i was reading an article on the one fly competition that jack dennis hosts and in the article the author was talking about how while fishing with jack dennis they were discussing interesting things that had happened during prior events and he was saying that one guy had hooked into a really big fish but busted off his fly so the guy figured he was done since he lost his fly. jack told him to wait a minute cause sometimes when a fly is busted off in a fishes mouth that the fish will spit it out. sure enough shortly after he lost his fly it came rising to the surface and he was able to continued in the tourney. sooooooooooooooo, pat is re-rigging so i start to throw my cicada in this run and a really nice fish sucks it down and during the fight my fly busts off and i see where the fish retreats to. i tie on another of the same pattern and start to make casts when sure as shit, right where i saw that fish retreat to, my fly pops up to the surface. i jumped in the river and got my fly back, crazy shit. anywaywe had a great day leap froggingfrom hole to hole picking up fish here and there.