Unfortunately I couldn't fish yesterday when it was sunny
and in the high 40's so I decided to fish today in the rain when it was in the
low 30's (as was the water temp). I did some scouting on local Class A's and
ended up knocking on some doors. 2nd house was the winner. Nice gentleman
granted me permission to access Appenzell Creek from his residence. I fished
upstream for 2 hours and fished the same
olive/black wooly bugger the whole time. Landed 2 browns and missed another all
by dead drifting the bugger along deep and slower moving banks. I skipped over
80% of the water and strictly fished the prime winter holding spots mostly
because I was wet and cold but I also didn't want to waste my time. Appenzell
is much bigger than I expected and I'm guessing it's flowing about average for this
time of the year. The section I fished had a medium gradient which provided
some nice plunge pools which I'll explore next spring.
