Sliding Into Winter 14Dec13

The fishing was noticeably slower but still good on the Arki tailwater in the warmer weather respite after the bitter cold snap. Tactics changed to mostly midges and with that I broke out the electric blue freak show emerger which produced some nice fish. I like blue and purple in the winter - seems to match the season nicely. There were quite a few fishermen on the river, including some spin dudes and bait slingers, so I did not get to fish some of the prime lies out of Valco Ponds. The bigger ones are deeper again in the holes and deep runs and the structure is less productive. No BWO hatch for me but I used an attractor BWO  emerger anyway and caught a couple there too. Here I'm releasing a nice one and trying a new picture technique to catch more color - not quite there yet. Also, scored a waterproof camera after sensing the phone cam just wasn't quite cutting it.