It's been a while since my last fishing report update, and there is good reason, other than laziness. My goal was to have a clever update to include a photo of a flounder caught on the fly...sadly such a photo was not meant to be...nor any real report to speak of.
This past week, my Uncle and I went to Wachapreague, VA to target flounder. The trip started off well enough, with three keepers pulled in off of conventional spinning tackle. The goal was to help put enough fish in the ice box before pulling out the 8 weight to catch a seldom targeted fish on the fly. Unfortunately, those three flounder were the only caught of the trip. The already poor weather turned worse, and our trip was basically a wash out. The goal is to return to the VA Eastern Shore in the summer, and take another crack at the flatties.
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| The three flounder of the trip...but they were all over 18" |
To make up for the busted trip, I took advantage of being near my family's farm in Maryland, and took an hour to fish for stocked trout in the Patapsco. Believe it or not, this trip saw my first rainbow on the fly (caught off of a PMX hopper imitation). In retrospect, it's difficult to catch a rainbow when you only fish native brook trout waters :). While not large or spectacular in any measurement, it is still another milestone in my fly fishing scrapbook.
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| Always love catching trout off of a dry. This particular trout did a backflip out of the water to take the PMX, |
I was hoping to end the week with a trip up to a blue line stream in the Shenandoah, now that the Rocky Mount fire is out, but a day wasted waiting on a FedEx package, and a surprise project to replace my mailbox post postponed my brookie adventure to next week.
Oh well, sometimes just getting out is reward enough in itself...and sometimes just being able to get out can be a daunting challenge. The good news is the weather is clearing, and the warmer temperatures are returning...next week should be better :)
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