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Fishing Log 2015

4/5/2015

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Starting it up a little late but here's what's been happening.

March was a little slow but April is looking  great. Stripers in the Congaree are beginning to show up. Expect size to be better this year with help from the 26" minimum. Smallmouth are beginning to bight more with the warmer days on 5he lower Broad and Congaree in downtown. The Saluda River is still producing trout. The numbers are lower because the fish have spread out but the sizes are good with most being between 14" and 16". 
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Fishing Log 2014

6/10/2014

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In this blog I will log my days on the water. I will include where I fished, water and weather conditions, fish caught and the flies or lures I was successful with. This is exactly how I log days in my fishing journal. Feel free to comment or ask questions.

January 2
Saluda River
Rain 52 degrees
770 cfs
Caught one rainbow, missed one, broke one off
Flies: #12 San Juan worm
Technique: Euronymphing

January 5- Team Stonefly Practice
Green River Saluda, NC
Overcast w/ misting rain 40 degrees
Caught 70+ between seven of us. Mostly rainbow with a few browns.
Flies: squirmy wormy, pheasant tail, eggs, black stonefly, hare's ear
Technique: Euronymphing



January 19
Saluda River float
Sunny 65 degrees, windy
1100 cfs off color
Caught one rainbow. Missed 3
Flies: #12 black wooly bugger, #14 pheasant tail
Technique: nymph under indicator



January 20
Saluda River float
Sunny 60 degrees, light wind
541cfs off color
Caught 2 rainbows, missed 3
Flies: #14 Olive Czech nymph, Black Euro Caddis #12
Technique: Euronymphing and Indicator nymphing

January 26
Saluda River float
Sunny 52 degrees windy
454 cfs clear
Caught 3 rainbows, missed 2
Flies: #12 olive Czech nymph, #12 Black Euro Caddis
Technique: Indicator nymphing




February 9
Saluda River
Sunny 56 degrees light breeze
600 cfs clear
Caught 12 stocked rainbows, dropped 2 large holdovers
Flies: #14 Frenchy, #16 Hare's Ear
Technique: Euronymphing


February 10
Saluda River
Sunny low 60s light breeze
600 cfs clear
Caught 14 stocked rainbows, 1 large holdover rainbow, missed 2
Flies: #14 Frenchy, #16 Hare's Eat, #20 Black Zebra Midge
Technique: Euronymphing


February 16
Saluda River
Sunny 62 degrees, breezy
800 cfs stained
Caught 1 smaller holdover rainbow, missed 1
Flies: Hot Head Hare's Ear
Technique: Euronymphing


March 9
Little River, DuPont Forest, NC
Sunny 60s
Clear
Caught 25+ between 3 of us. Rainbow, brown and Brook
Flies: Squirmy Wormy, Yellow Sally Dry
Technique: Euronymphing, Dry Dropper



March 21
Tuckasegee Sylva, Nc
Sunny 60s
Clear
Caught 15 Rainbow, Brown and Brook, dropped 5
Flies: Skirmy Wormy, Elk Hair Caddis, #16 Mayfly Nymph
Technique: Euronymphing, Dry Dropper


March 22
Nantahala DH Mini Comp
Sunny low 60s
Caught 21 Rainbow, Brown and Brook, 1 was 19.5 Rainbow. Dropped 1
Flies: #16 Olive Mayfly Nymph, #14 Elk Hair Caddis, Squirmy Wormy
Technique: Euronymphing, Dry Dropper




March 23- with Hayden Dale
Upper Nantahala DH
Partly Cloudy Low 50s clear
Caught 120 between the two of us, Rainbow, Brown and Brook. Dropped several
Flies: #16 Olive Mayfly Nymph, #14 Caddis Dry, Squirmy
Technique: Euronymphing, Dry Dropper




April 13
North Mills and Davidson Rivers
Sunny 60s
Clear
Caught 25 on N. Mills, 6 on Davidson
Flies:#14 Elk Hair, #18 Olive or Black Zebra Midge, Squirmy, #18 CDC BWO Dry
Technique: Euronymphing, Dry Dropper


April 27
Congaree River float
Sunny 78 degrees
8,000 cfs off color
Caught 2 striper, one was 12+ lbs. 6 smallmouth
Lures: Sassy Shad white, Shaky head with Zman Finesse Worm
Technique: Spinning tackle

May 8
Saluda River
Sunny 95 degrees
1400 cfs off color
Caught 2 rainbows 18" and 20", and 1 brown 22". Missed 1 on a dry.
Flies: #16 Tungsten Jig Assassin, #14 Elk Hair
Technique: Dry Dropper

May 13
Saluda River
Partly cloudy 91 degrees
680cfs off color
Caught one striper about 26". Missed one
Lure: Zman minnow
Technique: Spinning tackle



May 25

Congaree River
Mid to high 70s mostly cloudy
Caught: 5 smallmouth (1 over 3lbs), 1 bream, missed a striper
Lures and Flies: clousers, red and white slider, Zman Streakz, shaky head with finess worm
Techniques: spinning tackle and flies



May 26
Broad River full day float trip
Sunny Mid 80s
Caught: 13 smallmouth and 1 small striper; missed 8 smallies
Lures: Zman Streakz
Technique: spinning tackle



May 31
Upper Nantahala DH comp
Sunny with scattered rain mid 70s
Caught: 8 RB, BRN, BRK missed several
Flies: #14 olive mayfly nymph, #16 hares ear
Techniques: dry dropper, Euronymphing



June 1
Lower Nantahala
Caught: 40 RB mostly. BRN and BRK also. Missed 5
Flies: #14 olive Walt's worm, #16 purple pheasant tail, #10 yellow Sally stonefly dry
Techniques: Euronymphing and dry fly



June 7
Saluda River cloudy 86 degrees
Flow: 635 off color
Caught: 2 small stripers missed 2
Technique: live herring on spinning tackle



June 8
Congaree River, 1/2 day float trip
Cloudy with scattered rain 84 degrees
Caught: 5 smallmouth 1 small striper, missed 3 lost 2 stripers
Flies and Lures: Zman Crawdadz, clousers
Techniques: streamers and spinning tackle



June 9
Broad, Saluda, Congaree Rivers full day float
Sunny 95 degrees water muddy and low
Caught: 3 smallmouth and 4 stripers; missed 2 smallies and 3 stripers
Lures: Zman Streakz and Cradadz, pearl Paddlerz
Technique: spinning tackle



Sorry guys I've been slacking off on the fishing log.

July 6
Saluda River- Half day Float AM
Sunny 90 degrees water low and clear
Caught: 25 or so stripers, several in the 10 to 15 lbs rand two over 25 lbs
Lures: Live Herring and streamer fly
Techniques: Free lining on spinning gear

July 19
Saluda River- Half day float PM
Mostly cloudy, light rain at times, 85 degrees  water low and clear
Caught: 15 stripers, mostly peanuts with a few in the 10 lbs rage
Lures: Live Herring
Techniques: Free lining on Spinning gear

July 20
Saluda River- Half day float AM
Mostly cloudy with periods of sun, water low and clear, 85 degrees
Caught: 5 strippers mostly peanuts with a 12 lbs as biggest, missed 2 over 15 lbs and lots of smaller
Lures: Live Herring
Techniques: Free lining on spinning tackle
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