The fishing rut

[Melvinp]

When the snows blowing and there’s no real ice bummer I don’t like it

 

[pabassman]

Pisses me off!!!!!

 

[troutspinner]

Me too…..boo-hoo. I’m not patient enough to fish ice so I’ll be finding other things to occupy my time but I won’t be happy doing it! Lol

 

[Melvinp]

Me too…..boo-hoo. I’m not patient enough to fish ice so I’ll be finding other things to occupy my time but I won’t be happy doing it! Lol

Lol like making spinners

 

[Don]

I have a birthday rod to make.
Then I have 175 various reels to clean and sell...

 

[Solitario Lupo]

No snow no ice here and a couple nice days like in high 50s I’m still fishing.

 

[truecrimson]

No snow no ice here and a couple nice days like in high 50s I’m still fishing.

Same here but I only wish I was fishing. Work, wife, and my total inability to make myself get out of bed early on days off have kept me away from the water

 

[HenryDavid]

I did a couple days of trout fishing in streams, trout were still active but the damn water is so cold my feet froze right through my 5mm neoprene waders and boots.

 

[Don]

I meant to ask if you’re still picking on trout. What flies are you using

 

[A-5]

Egg sacs

 

[Don]

Are these folks being punished? Certainly they don’t engage in these activities deliberately. Running this way and that while hitting each other and running into walls.

 

[Don]

Egg sacs

For fall trout?

 

[A-5]

Browns and bows reproduce in November. Egg sacs for the win always

 

[Don]

Sol sent me some and I want to try them at some point. They look realistic.

 

[HenryDavid]

I was still using wully buggers, streamers and nymphs, the nymphs saw the most action, pheasant tails

 

[HenryDavid]

Browns and bows reproduce in November. Egg sacs for the win always

Bows? I know brookies and browns spawn in the fall, I thought bows were more Jan. & Feb. ?

 

[Gremcat]

Sol sent me some and I want to try them at some point. They look realistic.

Better to use real eggs or Skein I think. It’s cold so they don’t seem real active but will find drifting sacs by smell. Usually single eggs will catch dozens where there are usually only a few. Small pockets upstream. I need to get out and fish lol

 

[Gremcat]

Don, I have a few options if you want real eggs to try

 

[A-5]

Bows? I know brookies and browns spawn in the fall, I thought bows were more Jan. & Feb. ?

 

[A-5]

My bad HD. But it is December. So egg bites will work always. From October to June. With all the spawning going on