A great day to go salmon fishing.
Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. I happened to go to the online cam this morning and noticed that the view over the big lake was not unlike this photo I too a couple of years ago in late April.
Thirty seven degrees and a cold rain today.
Sounds like late spring. Sky is overcast and the smelt are on the surface. That only means that the predators are on the move. Landlock salmon, rainbow trout, and smallmouth bass. But it is generally the salmon and trout we look for. A twinge of nostalgia as I mentally tie on a Red Grey Ghost and hope for the best.
We'll fish these flies as long as the weather stinks like it does this morning. But then again this is the kind of fishing weather we hope for. If the sun comes out we may have to go a bit deeper and use metal like a rainbow smelt.
Or maybe an Ontario Flasher.
But those lures are not as much fun to fish as the ones we use on the surface with light tackle. Sure the uniform of the day, on days like this, starts with good long underwear, heavy socks, boots, heavy pants, sweaters and wind breakers. Probably gloves.
Mostly resemble the Pillsbury dough boy. If we fell overboard, we would bob like corks until the water completely soaked in and then we'd sink like stones. But hey, we're still indesctrutible. Well----we were up to only a few years ago.
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