Davidson River 1/23-1/25

I was very fortunate to get to spend the weekend on the river with a good friend of Jacob....see WVU rod below. Both of us were able to get a hall pass from the wives and headed up to Pisgah on Friday morning with rods and tent in hand.

Friday was a slow day. Not only was the stream crowded but we just couldn't get the fish to bite. I think we just needed to get back into the groove. Camped out in the Pisgah Campground and woke up bright and early for a long day of fishing.

Got to the hatchery and started fishing right away. We were able to get a few browns on grey wd40 and later on a black/olive woolly bugger. Was just down stream of a guy who was nailing big browns on a streamer....hhmmm....might need to head back to the strore. After a few hours, the hatchery filled up so we moved down stream a ways. After one unsuccessful stop we moved up to Coon Tree and started up stream. Was able to hook a nice brown along the bank on a pink san juan but he jumped off. Work up stream a ways without much luck so we head back to the C&R section. Spent the evening fishing to rising trout with every midge I had but was unable to get the fish to bite.

Sunday....we started at the hatchery throwing a big streamer.....where did we get that idea? The streamers where great but unfortunately they were too heavy and would sink to the bottom too fast. I quickly changed to a bugger and was able to pick up a couple of browns. Jacob stuck with the streamer and was getting a lot of lookers but no takers....then....he hooked a beast of a brown. She comes flying out of the water then crashing down like a tarpon....sort of.....and a couple of seconds later the line went slack. We took a moment to catch our breathes. Later on Jacob was able to get a nice brown on a pink san juan. I got lucky and got 2 rainbows on the grey wd40 size 20 and one was a personal best 19"....not big for the Davidson but big enough for me. Of course, she slipped out of my hands before the picture was taken.

I hope to have a picture of one of the browns soon....right Jacob?

All in all is was a great weekend with a great friend.