Fishing the big M again last evening at a spot well known to OFS members. This time we were in our tubes but the best fishing was at the foot of the rapids which means we could have waded and done just as well. Fishing wasn't as good as recent trips here by my partner. It could have had something to do with a short rain we had the previous day. I have noted over the years that the Mississippi doesn't fish as well after a rain and sometimes needs a few days to "clean" out. It could be the effluent from the cow pastures which border the river or the unmentionables coming from towns and houses along the way. Or someone could have been there before us and scared them off or worse. I got this 20 inch SM with my favorite fly, the MM (which my readers should know all about by now). It turned out to be the only fly that worked consistently. Nothing was coming to the surface even though there was a Hex hatch later in the evening. My partner got an 18 incher in the bay that I just had left. This is my largest SM of the year. They are certainly more fun than LM although this guy didn't do much dancing.
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