I got Monday off and wanted/needed to wet a line. Cold weather calls for cold water fishing so debated if I wanted to wade in the cold rain or clear below freezing weather. I chose the latter so layered up and made the 3 hour drive today.
Got to the river around 10am. Haven't been here in about 3 years... Oh, looks like Helene wiped out the little Mitchell House bridge. Memory back to 2018 when the Kapps Mill dam got busted by Alberto.
Took a little bit of effort pulling the wader over all the layers and the 3 pairs of socks was a bit cramp. Haha
The tenkara rod was a good choice to not have to deal with ice on the guides and freezing fingers. Knotting the tiny 20/22 flies with numbing fingers was a challenge for sure. Dropped a couple flies in the water because I couldn't feel them while tying. Ugh.
It was a challenge at the beginning but finally able to trick a few before the sun got behind the tree line. Burrrrrr... spring can't come soon enough. Tight lines everyone.
Here are one of each that got to the net.
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Got to the river around 10am. Haven't been here in about 3 years... Oh, looks like Helene wiped out the little Mitchell House bridge. Memory back to 2018 when the Kapps Mill dam got busted by Alberto.
Took a little bit of effort pulling the wader over all the layers and the 3 pairs of socks was a bit cramp. Haha
The tenkara rod was a good choice to not have to deal with ice on the guides and freezing fingers. Knotting the tiny 20/22 flies with numbing fingers was a challenge for sure. Dropped a couple flies in the water because I couldn't feel them while tying. Ugh.
It was a challenge at the beginning but finally able to trick a few before the sun got behind the tree line. Burrrrrr... spring can't come soon enough. Tight lines everyone.
Here are one of each that got to the net.
