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Post by JoeOverlock on Mar 27, 2005 21:33:27 GMT -5
March 26, 2005
Our resident webmaster/Zen master of the bamboo and I spent the morning fishing the stretch of river by the Zoar picnic area. The water was running at around 300 cfs and a brisk 32 degrees with an air temp around 30 and promising to climb into the 50's for the day.
We caught nothing. But at least we caught it together. After all, misery loves company, and I hope Josh does to. ;D
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Post by Joshua Field on Mar 29, 2005 23:39:35 GMT -5
It was indeed fruitless - but at least I can now tell the youngsters "when I was your age we used to go fishing when it was so cold we had to break the ice off of the guides so that the line could go through"...
On that note - anyone know if they make de-icer for fly line/guides? I bet there is a market for such a thing...
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Post by JoeOverlock on Mar 30, 2005 20:10:48 GMT -5
Homemade Fly Line De-Icer:
-Get a spool of 12 Ga AWG stranded wire.
-Cut the wire to the length of your fly line.
-Separate the strands of wire and evenly wrap 2 of the small strands down your line, make sure the wraps are staggered.
-Go to your local hardware store and purchase a small gasoline run generator, nothing big, we don't want to go overboard here.
-Insert the ends of the wires into the electrical output of the generator.
-Fire up the generator and start fishing!
Now this will not only de-ice your line, but any fish that comes within 10 feet of your line will be "caught". This WILL make you a better fisherman. And to think, you wasted all winter reading fly fishing books when all you needed was this helpful tip.
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Post by Joshua Field on Mar 31, 2005 21:51:58 GMT -5
Had an interesting thought re: the productivity (or lack of) in the Deerfield. I wonder if the dam release schedule has pushed back the treeline from the river enough to impact the food supply. There is an active tree planting program on the Beaver Kill in NY (they've planted over 300 donated trees on that river!):
"Bank-side trees and similar kinds of terrestrial foliage contribute in a major way to the energy flow of the free stone river, and are critical to maintaining a high level of productivity for trout and other cold water fish species. In fact, over 60% of all the energy that goes into a free stone river such as the Beaver Kill and Willowemoc Creek is in the form of detritis produced along the banks of those rivers."
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