This week saw a bit of a snow storm come in and we had a
couple of days of snow and then a pretty cool weekend.
The original plan was to go to Lagerman
Res. and hunt down some pike before ice formed on the lake. So I got up pretty
early and drove down to Vic’s to grab a coffee before heading towards Lagerman
Res. Upon arriving at the lake the sun was peaking over the hills and there was
no wind, however when I got out to have a look around it was a lot colder than
I expected. So the plan changed, and it changed to trout; but where to go. So I
headed home, grabbed a bunch of fly boxes, waders, more socks and clothes to
fight the cold. I consider the St Varin home water, but I have not fished it
much and what time I have spent on it has not been very successful. So I drove
to a few spots and looked around and finally decided on a section to fish. The
first section was pretty low and lacked any sign of fish, however I did end up
catching a trout without even seeing it or knowing about it until I went to cast
again. This was my first time back on a trout stream for a while so I was
feeling like a beginner again and also it seemed like I was walking on marbles
half the time.
After my first fish I got into so good
water and started to see trout where I expected to see them. Out of a bunch of
there was a pretty sizable one at the head of the group so I decided to pick on
that guy and forget about what happened to the rest. After a few fly changes I
found that he was interested in a midget larva pattern (basically a holographic
bead head, thread body and copper ribbing). The fish gave a pretty good battle
and it was all worth it. The rest of the time was pretty hard going as the sun
was pushing my shadow further in front of me making my presents known by all the
fish before I could see them. All that I saw was the wake from the trout as
they made for the rocks and holes.
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