I was using live shrimp. I had no clue the area I was in had sheephead. At first I thought it was a redfish or a stud trout. It was ripping out drag.
this outfitter operates a few miles from my aunt’s river house on the south fork of the shenandoah. no clue if that’s where they found it but holy smokes
Another pretty good day. Picked up a GoPro and started playing around with it. Water was too murky to get a good video. Been tying some of these stonefly nymphs.
billdozer i heard they’ve been stocking the big brood trout the past few weeks. eastatoe and chauga have had a few 20” fish pulled already.
I'm hitting it up every Friday, so hopefully I'll get lucky. I've been getting several a week in the 14-15" range and have gotten two 19"ers but haven't broken the 20" range yet.
it was whitewater today. saw a few dudes in kayaks, they were probably in for a good time. ill let you know next time. i want to cross to the other side.
Another good day Even ran into some dry fly action and caught 3 on dries, including this one. And someone caught this on Lake Jocassee
Almost 3 months til slamming smallies and wallies in South Dakota. https://www.aa-fishing.com/sd/sd-fishing-lake-oahe.html
is that a river otter? fuck yeah. i saw one a few weeks ago, my first in years. they’ll fuck up a fishing spot but such badass animals
Yeah. There's a group of 3 at hellhole I see all the time. This was at Cassidy Bridge. The fly shop said the forest service was looking to trap and move them.
gonna be tough to keep them away from that area. its a smorgasbord with how many fish are put in there. shame ive never seen any on the chauga.
Waypoint has started adding Spanish fly episodes. Looks like the entire series will eventually be added https://waypointtv.com/spanish-fly
there are a few otters at my river cabins. The fishing suffers because of them but it's awesome seeing them in the mornings while drinking coffee