Fishing the Larry, Curly, and Moe

I set out today to swing fly's on three Lake Erie tributary's. I would like to point out that here in Ohio at least some of the Lake Erie streams are out of calibration. Some of the gauges are reading high and or low. I am pointing this out cause its a safety situation that we all need to pay attention to!

The first river had a lot of volume and was challenging to say the least. I used 9 feet of T-14 that had a grain weight of 125. It is important to find the sweet spot where you are not dragging the bottom, but not at the surface either. You need to have the fly in the lower middle of the water column. I was on a mission during this outing. This river had 14” to 24” if visibility.

The last outing I had I was using tube fly's. The hook size I used was No 4 and a number 2. I hooked two fish and landed one. I believe the hook size of my intruders has a lot to do with me unable to set the hook. The size of the hook on my intruders are 8's and 10's. Now I realize that not finding fish is an issue, but I can only draw a conclusion from the evidence before me.

I swung flies in every transitional or staging area I could find and I did not hook up. I did not see any other angler hook up either from fly to bait! I also at this point would be yet again wetter than the fish are. The rains would not stop and thank goodness for good gear.

I left this river to go to a smaller river. I arrived at the river and saw it to be really tannin in color. It being a smaller river the visibility was a solid 36” until it got that inky black that still freaks me out to this day. Lol I switched over to my other switch rod and slapped a bobber on it and a tandem pink egg and olive woolly bugger on it. I was ticking the bottom nicely with three BB split shots and had not luck. I walked down stream and found others in the areas I wanted to fish. I bolted farther west to fish my third and final river for today. I continued to be bull headed and not change from the purple peril intruder I was fishing. I kept on fishing the pattern to see if I could debunk my theory. It could have been a lot of reasons I did not at least hook up with a fish. I'm going to retie all my intruders.

I found also in the Town of Conneaut a little gem of a place to eat. Its Angela's Cafe the address is 268 Lake Rd, Conneaut, OH 44030. The prices are good and the customer service is top notch. This is a local place ran with local people who are making a difference in their community. See the photos of the menu, interior, and the food.

On the way back to the shed IO did pick up a bottle of Michter's Small Batch Bourbon and it is really tasty. It has a great finish and the notes are not strong.