Bob Jurmain, M.F.A., M.Arch., CalabogieFlyfisher bobjurmain37@gmail.com
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Brookies

4/30/2015

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Back to my favorite little pond.  Water is warming fast! 62F.  This is the time of year that the bigger fish in any given lake can be caught.  Once the lakes start getting attention, the big guys go deep during the day and come up top later in the evening.  I always catch at least one big one early in the season and this is it, I suppose.  This one is likely 4 years old caught on a chironomid dropped from a Phentex Humpy.  
The Phentex Humpy is my version of a dry Boatman.  I have more representative boatman patterns but the Humpy does better during the hatch.
I've taken to using my two 3wt rods more when the expectation is fish at a max of 16".   It is much more fun and you can get them in fast enough for safe release.  I will use a floating line with a sink tip attached.   If I need to get deeper I will add another sink tip.
The sink tip is an  interesting rig.  It will go to its stable point quickly and stay there.  With a stillwater line, it will continue to sink.  So if you  want to maintain a certain depth and be relatively still, this is a good choice. Eventually, if you are completely still it will continue to drop but if you are not anchored, it is not likely to happen.
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Rainbows

4/28/2015

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This isn't much of a rainbow but that is all I could catch at one of my favorite close by lakes.   I was puzzled by the size.  It was too small to be a carry over from last year and too big to be a stocker.  I found out that they haven't stocked the lakes yet and they are late last year.  Usually the lakes are stocked in early Spring but last year, with the cold start, they delayed until last Fall.  They are late this year too but will (have) stock in mid May.   This is a deep cold lake and almost always is fished with a full sink.  My favorite fly for this lake is a small Mrs Simpson.

There were a few boatman flying around and the odd midge
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1st outing!

4/25/2015

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I've been negligent in posting so these have been backdated....too busy fishing! (and other things).
Local lakes have been open for a week.  It is important to get out ASAP as conditions change quickly.  As soon as ice is out, midges start their ascent from the muddy bottoms.  By noon they are starting to emerge.  My favorite rig is a bushy dry a foot from the line and as long a dropper as I can manage with my 3wt with a chironomid.  This time, yellow with white thread head seemed to be the most productive.  The Muncher also was catching.

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This is a small pond in the Calabogie area and so they don't grow all that big.  Based on a recent MNR netting and age analysis, I figure these two fish are 2 to 3 years old.
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