Back to Warm water.

Okay, kids, we've had enough 50-degree water to be good for a couple weeks.  This Saturday we'll aim to hit some warm water fish species and hopefully connect with some much less discrimintory fish.  We're talking sunfish.  We're talking bass.  We're talking carp (okay, so carp on a fly is not exactly high class, but it's not exactly easy, either).  The plan?  Meet at the Black Creek spillway in Churchville at 7am.  Here's a google map. I'll steal someone's old canoe so Tory can paddle around above the spillway and pursue that pike he's holding a grudge against.  Below the spillway we can pick off any number of species of warm water fish.  Worms if you like, San Juan or otherwise.  Gaudy buggers, streamers, poppers, you name it.  Let's catch fish.

clear and cold...

Spring Creekage. Clear, cold, beautiful, ...elusive.

and the water was,...

Good Will, attempting to tie on the perfect fly for these elitist fish.

...for those of us without waders, extra crisp.

Even Tory's underbridge loops couldn't entice 18-inch brown trout.  Big Dan was the winner with a vibrant and feisty little trout.  Perhaps we'll come back to Spring Creek... with waders and smaller flies.   Cheers!

the fussy browns

...last-second planning.  Nothing like it.

Tomorrow morning, early-ish.  7:00am, Spring Creek in Caledonia.  Here is a map..  We'll park in the parking lot by "Zantopia Herb Gardens" near the tracks on Main Street.  Another map.

Bring your smallest flies and lightest tippet; these guys are fussy and the water is clear.  ...and cold.  Waders or thick skin is a must.

back to the ponds..

...the ponds at Mendon.  Sunfish, sunfish, sunfish, perhaps carp, perhaps bass, perhaps a stray prowling pike...  The enthusiastic goodness of Tory will be your host this Thursday, August 22 at approximately 3pm until approximately 6pm.  He'll start at the Pond View shelter at the end of Pond View Road in Mendon Ponds Park.  You can view the park map here. 

And further, upon request, here's a pic of the brown trout snatched with a small black nymph at our last outing at Oatka Creek in the town of Scottsville...

Prospective outings on Saturday morning (Aug. 24) this week include Spring Creek in Mumford, Oatka Creek in Scottsville (park section), or perhaps a local westside pond like Pineway Ponds Park in Spencerport, or even Black Creek in Churchville.

Any suggestions?  Requests?  :)