We’ve had a lot of rain here in the past few days which causes havoc with our fishing. I wasn’t really feeling like getting out today but I have a reel I wanted to test. Zip has been suffering from cabin fever since he hasn’t been going to the trout ponds with us, so we headed to the river. Prospects for catching fish weren’t high but we decided to give it a go anyway.
2019 Shimano Vanquish C2000S. A GREAT reel!
Normally this time of year the river is about 6 to 6.5ft but was a little over 8ft today.
We just let Zip do his thing. He burned off a ton of energy and slept the whole way home.The river was murky so we decided not to chance trying to cross it.Finally found some calmer water.Cabin fever- Exhibit AEnded up picking up 4 bags of trash.
As expected, we caught nothing. It was a cool, damp and dreary day but it sure beats working. With the river level being up like it was, we didn’t try crossing to access more area to fish. We’ll get them next time! Cheers
I have a few days of vacation that I need to use before the end of the year so I decided that today was as good as any other day. The morning started off colder than I expected with it being 34F when I stepped into the river at 0730. I was wearing my usual wet wading gear and opted to just suffer until the sun came up. The forecast called for temps to rise into the mid-80’sF by afternoon.
Autumn is upon us as the leaves are starting to change.
I decided to take 2 rods today, both TenRyu’s. A TenRyu Rayz Spectra RZS51LL and a TenRyu Rayz Integral RZI50L. The first one is a 2-piece “Light Light Action” and the second one is a 4-piece “Light Action. The Spectra was wearing a 2022 Shimano Stella C2000SHG and the Integral had a 2022 Daiwa Exist LT 2000S-H reel.
This was my first outing with the Stella and I had several line issues throughout the outing. It might be the type of line, I don’t know yet. The Exist performed flawlessly. They are both spooled with the same line, the Varivas Super Trout Advance Bush Trail VEP Nylon.
TenRyu Rayz Spectra with the StellaTenRyu Rayz Integral with the Exist
It was good to get out and go fishing, but it wasn’t the same since the wife and dog weren’t with me.
Soto Amicus stove boiling water for coffee.Need to come up with a better way to carry a rod on the Yeti.
The water was crystal clear and lazily flowing its course. The temperature climbed rapidly and I happily fished along. I ended up catching 15 decent smallmouth. I figured with the recent cold snap we’ve had, the fishing would be more difficult and it was. It sure beats working!
Velox Seeker 