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06/02/13

fly fishing hawaii:

sometimes hard.

 

wow what a crazy week this was!  not really rainy on the coastline but pounding rain up in the mountains.  i fished on tuesday and got completely “browned out” by the flash floods.  when i left my house on tuesday morning and headed for the water everything seemed normal.  just another beautiful island day.  as i drove i noticed something that was a bit unusual and gave me the feeling that something was up.  normally dry or tranquil streams and drainage canals were raging rapids.  i got to the water and saw that much of it had that off colored runoff tint.  it looked sketchy at best but we were there so had to give it a go.  the tide was low so there was still some visibility.  i saw a few uninterested bones through the tea before the tide began to push.  as the tide rose the river brown spread like a creature from a horror movie.  i saw a debris field of wood, trash, grass and all manner of river crap heading my way.  behind this debris field was solid brown water.  my spidey sense (or maybe it was the smell) began telling me that maybe i should think about evacuation.  i rushed back to the boat, stood in it, and watched as the smelly plague engulfed the flat... nice.  undaunted, we drove around checking out the extent of the biohazard (which on this particular day was quite extensive).  we ended up fishing a spot that is not very good but at least we could fish and the water was clear.  both doug and i ended up hooking a “day saver” whitey (trevally).  i was just happy to be in clean water.

 

speaking of clean water, on friday dean and i went out to the lake again (for those not in the know, i was being sarcastic).  i think fish used to congregate by the sewage outfall because they were trying to get out of the lake and into the cleaner water of the sewage plant (inside joke for those who remember the outfall).  anyway, i knew it was not going to be good with all the rain in the mountains, but dean was willing to go check it out and i wanted to see how high the water was.  i guess it is just the niele (nosiness) in me when it comes to things like that.  the lady of the lake did not disappoint.  the water was right at the 80ft. marker or the “catch and release” under the bridge for those who gage the water level by that.  blown out for sure.  hoping for the best but expecting the worst, we went to work pounding sinking lines.  nothing.  the lake bolo is a rare thing, but on this day i was preparing myself for my first one in a long, long time.  amongst the nothingness dean, somehow hooked a nice peacock.  i have some magic rods that have the juj, but dean... he is the juj.  the rest of the day was just joking around and a lot of casting.  we saw no red devils except for one glowing orange ball down deep.  a gift from the lady of the lake and a “day saver” for clay.  by red devil standards it was a beast.

 

things in the salt should be cleared up by now, the lake may take a while to get back into shape and its normal summerness.  no matter, because fish gotta eat and fishermen gotta fish so i’ll see you on the water.

 

 

as far as day savers go, this one is pretty damn good in my book.

 

i often refer to devils as "day savers".  this is a real one.

 

sometimes brown, sometimes high, sometimes hard, but always... good times.

 

clay.

 


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