My day started off with turkey hunting. After an unsuccessful
morning hunt, I strung up my fly pole and tied on a royal wulf. My first catch
resulted in the below brookie. Not even
2 minutes after the brookie, I heard a gobbler close range. I only had half my camo on, no decoys set up, and my
shotgun was 20 feet away! I crawled to my gun and backed up to the tree it was
resting against. After I called once, the gobbler showed himself at 50 yards. I
turned the safety off and waited. He got within 40 yards but wouldn't give me a
clean shot with all the mountain laurel. Eventually he took a 90 degree turn
and went out of range. I'm not sure why he didn't continue my way. Possibly, he
saw the sun reflection off my fly pole as it was still leaning against the tree by the stream.
Next I headed to the Lehigh River after a quick stop at the
Evening Hatch fly shop. The Lehigh flows were perfect for wading at right
around 350 cfs. I fished below Rockport in the Gorge. There were tons of caddis
performing touch and go's on the water but no rises. I didn't see 1 mayfly while
fishing from 11-4. Skies were clear and water temperature showed high 50's on
the surface with an infrared thermometer.
I fished streamers 90% of the day. I had 3-4 fish roll up on
my streamer but only 1 committed. I hooked in to a beautiful brown in some
slower water with a #4 olive slumpbuster. The brown measured just under
18" and flopped out of my hand when measuring it so a picture wasn't an
option. One of the few days I wish I carried a net with me. I saw numerous
bikers on the Gorge trail but not one other fisherman! I ran out of drinking
water at about 3 pm and knew I had a good hike back to the car so I stopped
early. All in all, a good day
minus my sunburn and the snake sunning himself on the rocks that scared the
crap out of me!
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