Area - SW
Wade/Float - Wade
Water Level - 2.64 (gauge seems faulty)
Water Temp - 67
Clarity - Crystal Clear
Fly/Spin - Fly
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Fishing sucks!
Or maybe it's just me that sucks (?).
It has been a super tough year for me to this point.
I got out last weekend (9/15) for an all day float of the south branch in Winnebago County. I was ready to hook into some smallmouth so I broke my promise to myself of sticking only with the fly rod this season.
I loaded up the kayak with both fly rod and spin gear and set out to land a few smallies. To keep things short, I pretty much just ended up kayaking all day. There was really no bite to be found. I did hook into one (1) little smallie with a top water lure on the spin gear. Pretty much just dabbled the lure in a fast current run.
I got out again this weekend (9/23) for an all day, fly rod only, wade of the south branch in Winnebago County. Once again the bite was hard to find. I did miss quite a few little baby dinks (4 inch fish) by dabbling a popper in fast current runs such as I did last week with the spin gear.
The highlight of the outing was running into a father and son team from the Chicago area that drove up to fly fish the Kish. They too were having trouble finding any action. The father asked if I happened to be Terry Dodge the Smallmouth Hunter? After my reply of "Yes I am.", he then turned to his son and said "This guy is famous."
HA! "Famous" at not catching fish.
I sure hope this bad streak comes to an end soon.
