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08/06/10

fly fishing hawaii:

there's gold in them thar tucs.

fished up at the lake with stan yesterday. just a quickie to see what was what. the lakes fishing pretty good and there are some signs of fish starting to school and beat down on shad on the surface. the massive amounts of little bluegill and bass has diminished quite a bit.

the word on the street is that “they” are going to lower the lake to some serious shallow levels to fix the pumps on the dam. no one (as usual) knows when or how low the lake will be lowered but it is going to happen. when we went yesterday it was at about the 70ft level and dropping fast. it was pretty cloudy but didn’t rain all that much. we fished on top without much success then switched to streamers. stan fished a gold streamer and immediately got bit by a nice peacock. i stuck with my white streamer. stan then hooked a red devil. we rounded blue boat point and stan hooked another peacock and jokingly held his fly box out to me offering his “special” fly. no thanks, i told him. one more fish for stan (a largemouth) was a strong enough case for me. i opened my box and pulled out a gold streamer, tied it on, and cast it out, and hooked a largemouth before stan even released his. soon after i hooked some tucs as well then went on the quest for the red devil (which have been uncharacteristically tough) to complete my slam. with a slam complete for the both of us we called it a day.

i guess the moral of the story is that yes, i do believe that color does sometimes make a difference. but, for those not in the know, be very careful not to place an over importance on color (as i think too many fishermen do). always remember the other much more critical factors to success like casting skills, fly presentation, and, most of all, having fun.