Amazing Trout Fishing May 17th Weekend

Click on any picture to enlarge it. Hows this for your first trout ever?? 10 casts using my minnow method of fishing and Derrick had a 20 inch wild brown ready for a picture session and a lasting memory to show others. Notice the talon marks on her back where the Osprey appears to have grabbed it. His friend John also got a 19 inch beauty and several 14 inch punks as I call them. Derrick also missed one at the shore that was at least 20 and I will be posting a video shortly on my you-tube channel( adirondackwayne) of the boys in action. Johns dad was into learning the art of nymph fishing and under the careful instruction of NYS guide David Versendy he got the grasp of it and had numerous attacks before he got the hang of it. He hooked several and had one that David estimated at 19 inches right to shore where he escaped. Guess he just didn’t want his picture taken. All things considered they had some incredible action and left planning a return visit. A factor that kind of slowed the action was the fact that the weather was too nice. The sun was so intense that it raised the water temps from 58-69 degrees on Saturday which freaked the fish out and put them down. I never have seen this effect up here at this time of year but that’s fishing. They had a great weekend and learned some techniques and methods that have greatly advanced their fishing skills. That is what we are all about up here, great wild trout fishing in a pristine wilderness setting. At the same time all this was going on, NYS guide Rich Garfield, flyfishtheadirondacks.com, was on another section of the river and put his guest into the biggest brown he had ever seen come out of this river. He estimated the length at 24 inches or more and the fish to be over seven pounds. I will be posting pictures as soon as he gets back from an extended trip. He also indicated that another 20 inch rolled and fell off and two more were hooked that broke off before they could even be brought under control. I had predicted that this would be a great weekend up here and it was. Some rain is in the forecast and cooler temps will mean that this Memorial Day weekend will be even better but be prepared for biting insects which were just getting warmed up. Okay that is it for this report and I will post the fly angle as soon as I get all the info.