A clean garage and pseudo fishing in the wind.

I am in the process of closing the camp  but after 28 years even the garage needs a good hoeing out. Have spent the last two mornings in there filling trash bags and sweeping up sunflower husks (the mice/chipmunks once chewed through a plastic garbage can during the winter and ate 50 pounds of them). Finished up at 12:45, ate lunch and went out looking for rising fish.

It was windy and I drove up the UE looking in the protected areas. Found rising fish in one of them.  They were right below me, not 60 feet away. The only problem was that getting to where I could fish to them required a long walk over somewhat difficult terrain. Took the walk. Saw the fish rising just downstream in the placid water. When I got there, not five minutes later, the wind changed directions and blew right up the once placid stretch of river. Paced along the shore for an hour with relentless wind and no risers.

Gave it up and headed for camp. Stopped at a pool that was in the wind on my journey upstream. There were bugs, rising fish and wind (lots of it), The wind blew my landing net over my shoulder twice and  delicate presentations were an impossibility.Every once in a while it would go dead and you better be ready when it did. Caught three nice fish and a good number of yearlings ( 10 to 11.5 inches long). Considering the conditions it was a nice day of fishing.

Left the pool when the bugs stopped and headed for the car. It started raining during my walk (forecast was for rain starting at five) Got in the car and the clock said 5:04.