Posted on September 07 2024
Big news in Lordville, the bridge is open on Lordville Road, the work isn't finished but you can use the road. Is our mail lady ever happy.
Coming back from Vicky's after my haircut and an enjoyable hour plus conversation at the Troutfitter among three fishermen with a lot of tread wear, I had an early summer question answered on my drive down Lordville Road. There are two hen turkeys with 20 almost full grown youngsters still alive and well and not more than a quarter mile further down the road is another hen with her brood of eight that were about the size of pheasants, (if anyone remembers how big pheasants were). I had seen them all back in June but wasn't sure if there were two or three broods.
Spent the better part of the afternoon working around the house and yard. It wasn't until 5:00 that I gave a thought to where I would fish. The 600cfs release from Pepacton has invigorated most of the freestone system. The BK and Willow are still warmish but fishable. The UEB and EB are flat out cold and the BR is at a temp that should produce bugs and feeding fish.
Picked a place with a good long walk both in and out, (it's Friday night you know), and at 5:48 I left the car and walked in. Saw an iso right off the bat, some pseudos, several larger olives, several white flies, a drift boat, and on the way back upstream to the car, some olive spinners bouncing up and down over the water. Risers? Saw a half dozen. One rose a dozen times, ignored an iso, olive, and spinner, then knocked an Ephron in the air with an indignant refusal, (and kept on rising). Got two risers to eat and had five more fish eat blind casts. Landed six fish, all rainbows, ranging in size from 13 to 19 inches. Tonight was a big improvement over the rest of the week. If you are coming this weekend, bring your raincoat and olives, there may even be bugs in the afternoon. Lotsa Luck as they always say at WBA.
Back in the car at 6:52! On the drive back to the fishing camp, I encountered three single deer standing in the road that I had to stop for, and the Lordville fox who was again out on the bridge.
Angler119-Sounds like you closed the evening with several nice fish , including a 19”er. Fabulous. Jim D- Yes, S&G was a lay up,sometimes we need one just to stay in the game.I like the easy ones. It’s getting harder for me to remember the difficult ones. Enjoy the weekend. Ed
Congrats A119. Nice night on the river. Just had lunch with captain Lasorte. He said it’s been tough fishing on the BR. He is going to fish there again this week.
Hope to be down tomorrow finished food plots today!’n
You gave everyone a reprieve with Simon and Garfunkel today..glad you had a pleasant evening fishing and always enjoy your observations of life in the Lordville Estate area..my favorite time to fish ..hopefully will get down in the coming weeks.
Any general advice for fishing fall olives? Always make one last trip up in fall and very little luck finding the bugs or risers this time of year. Maybe bad luck or maybe fishing wrong places at wrong times! Any help appreciated! I usually fish WB maybe BR better?