The Tricos Are On!

Knowing that the trico hatch had begun, I went out for a serene and foggy morning to catch the hatch this morning.  After battling some wasps for my waders, I got to the water only to find a disturbing number of cars in the small lot – oh well.  I headed out anyways hoping that there wouldn’t be anyone where I was heading, and when I got there, I was shocked to not see a soul around me.  Ok, so part of that was due to the thick and heavy fog sitting on the river, but even so, it was wonderfully quiet out there.

A few minutes after I had gotten into the river, I landed my first fish for the morning, and it was a good sized one at that.  After that, I just kept on catching and catching fish, and they were all (except for one) good sized fish for the Gunpowder!  I ended the day with a total of 11 fish – wow!

And so it begins.

These fish are beautiful.

Just one little guy.

And finishing the morning out with yet another good sized fish.  And a pretty one, at that.

After I let the last one go, he went and hid out under this rock.  These fish are sneaky…

This was an unbelievable morning – by far my best day on the Gunpowder ever, and probably my best day fishing anywhere.  I can’t wait to get out again for this hatch.