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End of season Kenauk

11/15/2012

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Another successful November trip to Kenauk.  For two years in a row there has been a warming up in the middle of the month.  The trout should be taking anything resembling food at this time of year.   However, it was only at dusk and just before sunrise that the fish really turned on.  All four of us had fish on at the same time on the first evening.  Although, on my last day I was catching quite regularly mid afternoon.  At this time I was casting to shore and paddling perpendicular away.  I would start to retrieve when half way across a bay in order to cast to the other shore.  Each time resulted in a hit.   Dragonfly nymphs only travel perpendicular to the shore, so this could be another trigger even though I was fishing a black Dazzle Leech and a Yellow HK (bait fish).  At one time I had two rainbows on at the same time.   My largest fish of 20 inches was caught on a small dry caddis cast to shore on my 3wt.  Kenauk claims to be stocking the same numbers as when they had a hatchery.  Maybe that is true.  I try not to take the fish out of the water so whenever possible, I hold onto the fly with one hand to take a picture.  A quick flick of the wrist and they are gone with no harm done.  Sometimes they are so active I have to use my soft rubber net.
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