I Spent a few hours below Walter Hill today casting a Clouser. This only drew one strike and lots of tangles on the back cast.
I Met David (jerkbait) there and he caught up a few creek minnows. I couldn’t resist throwing one but catching a fish just wasn’t in the plans for me today. He landed one Spot and I zeroed out. Conditions were less then ideal.
Water is up a little but color is good or at least it was. On the way home I saw where it is pretty muddy a few miles upstream from the dam so by tomorrow it may be brown.
If you’re going to wade this river in high water conditions, wear some felt soled boots. That bottom is slick and very dangerous. A TWRA officer found that out a year or so ago when trying to cross the river to apprehend some cast netters.
Which reminds me. I witnessed four Mexicans using a cast net and running dip nets around the rocks then putting fish in a bucket. I reported them to the TWRA poaching hotline.
Multi Tip line got another trial today:
I’m trying out an Orvis 6wt multi tip line and so far it causes more problems then it solves. The tip is 30’ so you always must have at least that much line out. This can be a problem fishing a small river like Walter Hill. The loop to loop section always seemed to be at the tip or getting pulled into the guides making roll casting a nightmare, forget shooting at the end. Also the hinging effect while casting made accurate presentation difficult at best for me.
This is not the first time I have used this line and now I’m thinking it would be a good line to have on a spare spool. When you have plenty of room, and might need different weight heads, it would be right at home. A drift down the Caney casting streamers comes to mind as an ideal situation.
Mike
Topic: Walter Hill 3/20/06 (Read 2068 times)