LongWader
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- Joined
- Nov 5, 2011
- Messages
- 259
Thanks FishIdiot and Hammertime, I was able to fish, but my casting accuracy and distance suffered. The Clarion did not fish as well as it had the last five years especially for big browns. We caught lots of smallmouth even up near Johnsonburg which was different. Lots of holdover medium sized rainbows and a surprising number of 13 to 16' holdover and wild brook trout. The water was clear, low, warm, and the bottom of the river was covered with this black stringy weed the constantly fouled our lures and weighted flies. I did get (3) 21" browns and one 22", but no submarines this time. I did see one and she chased, but did not take. The river was beautiful and the company was great as per usual. We did a lot of fishing in the trophy trout area and below Ridgway. We saw one canoe and one kayak in 5 days of fishing and basically had the river to ourselves.