At this time of the year even our most remote back country rivers have had a pounding, making it hard to find water and fish that haven't been thrashed.
We all have this issue, it doesn't matter how many places you know. I often find it useful at this time of the year to work on different parts of the river than what you would traditionally do. For the next few weeks water temperatures are still at their peak and fish have tended to have been caught and or scared from many of the slower easier pools, driving them into many of the tight and hard to get to nooks and crannies in a river system. So with a little more thought and a fair bit of adventurous wading you'll soon find out that the rivers aren't now void of fish but simply that the fish have crawled into smaller and more intimate pieces of untouched water.
This brown came from a small gut of water ahead of a great looking pool..........typical for this time of year, we didn't catch anything from the pool and all of the note worthy fish were found in more obscure pieces of water.
Another important thing to do at this time of year is drop off the flash and flambouyance from your fly patterns and stick to clean and simple natural flies......... the fish above fell to a nymphomaniac in the new natural colours.
Mike Davis, explores a side stream of a main river system in search of Untouched water with his Scott S4 9' #5. |
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