In twelve days, I will be participating in the 2025 Turkey
Day Spey.Next week I will be watching
the weather like a hawk. I want to fish in New York or Ohio.
If I fish New York, it will be the opening day of shotgun season,
and most of the anglers will be off hunting Bambi.
I will keep my eyes on the weather variables. Some of the
variables will include the amount of snow on the ground. How much rain we have
gotten and what rivers will be fishable by the start of Turkey Day Spey.
Here are seome updated weather forecasts. Its early and I will have the wait and see mentality.
The days for me fishing with others around are rare unless you’re
a friend. Even fishing with friends is close to rare as well. With that said I
often fish in waters that have very few catchable numbers of fish on purpose.
On this day I choose to fish the Cuyahoga River. They did
stock it with steelhead last year and we will see how the return is in three
years. They will be stocking this river yearly with steelhead.
The access is plenty, but she has silt issues and has a lot of
sand.She has plenty of gravel sections
and deep holes. In a lot of respects, she reminds me of a smaller Manistee
River in Michigan.
I just pray that the areas that I have found over the
decades will remain the same, but only time will tell.
So, today I headed out to the river. I found her with good
flow and with 30” of solid visibility.
I needed a break from the restoration of my antique drafting
table project.
I got to the river in one of my favorite spots. This time I
saw boot prints on the trail, and this would be the first time I have seen another
person’s footprints.
I would be swinging a sinking leader that would sink at a
rate of 1.5”/second. I used a number 6 streamer
tied with a white body with an olive hackle collar.
I used 12-pound tippet and tried to redefine the definition
of insanity. I walked about 7 miles between the two stretches of water.
I had a solid grab in a throat where two current seams
converged. It was nice out today with the overcast skies and a gentle breeze. I did a lot of bush-wacking to get into one
spot lol I won’t be back there again. The wild razzberry bushes nearly ate me
alive! Lol
Stay tuned its going to be wetter than water outside on Friday but you cant catch fish from the couch!
Update
Rain, mainly before 4pm. High near 57. Southwest wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
