Stocker Trout Fishing News

Fished Waterloo Saturday. Met up with NucLaroche and had a go at the Rainbow Trout. Took some time but we limited out. NucLaroche opted for Super Dupers taking two on gold and three on silver. Fshng84 caught one on a White Near Deere and four on a Tandem Rigged Olive Near Deere and trailing Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymph (GRHEN). Of the Trout that went for the Tandem Rig, all went for the trailing GRHEN. The strike was light; had to pay close attention to any twitch in the line to set the hook. Fun stuff!    

Needed to tie a few more fishing flies for the upcoming weekend! Added two more White Near Deere, two more Pink Near Deere, and then two COAF Purple Damsel Flies . Checked out Bethany Lakes this evening and took a Craft Fur Clouser and the Switch Rod. Lotta fun practicing with the Switch Rod; even had three strikes on the Clouser. Too bad they came off before we could see what they were. Suspect they were Bass. And since we keep this blog as a fishing log, good to see the Purple Damsel Fly is one to have handy in the upcoming weeks. So as it goes, there were none in the fly box this evening. But, now there are two! Looking forward to the weekend. Hope everyone get a chance to wet a line and feel a tug on the other end, too! Near Deere Anyone? COAF Damsel Flies…

Was able to make a run across the border to Oklahoma’s Blue River. Frozen rod guides, frozen reel at one point, still a great time. Limited out with six Rainbow Trout! First trout went for an Olive Near Deere, next one went for a Pink Near Deere, then had about fifteen others looked then turned away or I missed the hook set before losing the pink fishing fly to a snag. Switched to a brown, olive, and then orange/white Near Deere without luck. Then, tried various fishing flies before trying a White Near Deere. Good thing, started hooking up again and limited out with the four that liked the White Near Deere. After a short break, went back to do some C&R fishing and to get more video. Sure enough, something changed. After losing one that threw the hook, a hatch started and trout started feeding on something that was emerging. Last time this happened, it was several years ago when I used every fishing fly in the fly box without hooking up. Later, learned about the Black Midge and the ...

Yesterday we fished Sonic Pond with the four weight rod. Today, we fished Bethany Lakes with the four weight. Colder temps has the Winter Pattern in play; managed to catch a few using the same slow and steady retrieve that worked at Sonic Pond. Olive and Pink Near Deere continued to work as well; could not tell which was the preferred color as we lost the Olive one to a snag soon after catching the first fish. No more Olive in the fly box, so we went with Pink. Looked like the fish did not mind the color change!