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Post by flyfisheranonymous on Aug 27, 2007 17:14:18 GMT -6
Snuck out for a few hours today and boy did it feel good. Managed to land 5 Cats and lost 2 others. What a day of fishing with hooking my largest Cat to date. 40 INCHES!!!!!! YAAAAHOOOOO!!!!!!! The smallest today was only 36. Maybe I should do this more often. Before you ask it was the brown DDH that slayed 'em. Just ask the good ol' doc. He had his first Cat on but lost it when the first fly got caught on a rock. He was fishing tandem flies. What a day!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2007 18:35:03 GMT -6
It was indeed a good day. Great to meet you out there, Stu, and thanks for the tips!
Spent about fifteen minutes working on what felt like a monster cat (gave my custom 10 wt rod a good workout), only to lose it at the last minute because I was fishing two flies. The first was a wooly bugger with yellow hackle and yellow tail, the trailer was a brown DDH leech. It was the second one that nailed the beast. Sadly, the first hook caught on a rock, and the cat snapped the trailing line which was only 8 lb test.
I will definitely be back!
Ken
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Post by creekhunter on Aug 28, 2007 7:45:36 GMT -6
You will get em next time congrats on the lunker CAT What a hawg!!! hope you got pics of it?
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Post by Robert Burton on Aug 28, 2007 8:55:52 GMT -6
40"s that's a big cat (and at this time of year was probably very fat) WTG!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sadly, the first hook caught on a rock, and the cat snapped the trailing line which was only 8 lb test. If Stu didn't tell you then I wil tell you now...you do not need to go light or at all stealthy with leader choice in the brown water.
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Post by flyfisheranonymous on Aug 28, 2007 19:32:42 GMT -6
The unfortunate thing was I forgot to take my camera being in a rush to get out. With my luck I'll probably fish for another 50 years before I catch another.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2007 7:30:17 GMT -6
The more that you get out and fish the better the odds.
Ash
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Post by kilgortrout on Aug 29, 2007 14:36:27 GMT -6
Without a photo means you will rember it even better, and want to get another one. Another feather in the cap of the DDH, the legend will continue to grow. I was told the cats "go south" at this time of year. Cheers Ron.
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Post by petesig on Aug 29, 2007 21:16:41 GMT -6
Well, That's just amazing. Wow. I once caught a 33" cat beach fishing in Lake Winnipeg, but I will not say what was on the end of my 8wt...
I was wondering if there is a technique primer on the board somewhere for fishing bottom feeding large-river fish? - not something I have experience with, but I have the opportunity to fish sturgeon and large suckers in the North SK. Any help out there? I found a picture of the (apparently legendary) DDH on the board, but am interested in other fly choices (I tie a lot of princes) and technique.
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Post by Jamesrog on Aug 29, 2007 21:24:42 GMT -6
Sturgeon is a fish that I fish for often on the Winnipeg river... I have not yet figured out a way to fish for them using a fly rod though.
The problem is that sturgeon are generally very deep and seem to be attracted by smell the most. These are two factors that are very difficult to achieve on the fly. I suppose it could be done but without the smell factor, a lot of it would be luck.
I suppose if you could get the fly down to the bottom where they are at and wait for one to come along and suck your fly up, you will probably end up getting one. You rarely lose a sturgeon due to it spitting the hook because they suck the hook up so far. Good luck... it will be a challenge.
If you figure something out let us know. I would love to hear it... James.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2007 8:45:23 GMT -6
Great report, Stu! I've been having wonderful action at Lockport as well over the last couple of weeks, averaging about five fish a night (or morning) and virturally all over 30" (my best was 38 1/2). I had colleague from work in from AB and he wanted to catch a cat on a fly, so I confidently said, "No problem". We went out Tuesday evening and, wouldn't you know it, they changed the flow distribution below the dam. What had been the honey hole, with lots of current washing directly out from the dam, was now receiving no flow; all that was left was a wimpy little back eddy, recycling all the unwanted flotsam from Winnipeg and beyond. No one was catching anything that night, even the guys drifting frogs under bobbers. ...TIM PS. Now that you mention it, I also lost a couple of fish due to hang-ups. Didn't really attribute it to the two fly system but I guess I have to now. Overall, however, lots of fish were still landed, and I was getting fish on both of my offerings - a minnow pattern and the stupid little yellow SJ worm. The latter took my biggest fish.
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