Signs of Fishing Pressure...

No matter where you go, there's always fishing pressure on our streams. We all want the rivers to ourselves.  Let’s face it, that doesn’t always happen. We have to share. While out fishing last week, I had a good day Czech nymphing.  However, I did come upon signs of another fisher working the water ahead of me.

This very stealthy character should have been heading south. Yet, like the geese, it's now a resident fisher in NJ. You might have guessed by now. I'm referring to a Great Blue Heron. I'm seeing more and more these days, well into the winter. It seems they'll stay as long as there's open water and food.

The Great Blue Heron is a marvelous fisher and we can all learn from them. You can increase your catches if you simply wade and dress like them. While they are great fishers, they do miss some from time to time. Here's a freshly wounded rainbow (ouch!). Maybe too big or too deep...but this one got away. Mind you, it kept on feeding and took my anchor fly.

Freshly wounded Rainbow.

Looks like it just happened (less than a day).

Fishers on the Guadalupe River

From my older post it is obvious I was down in Texas for the fourth.  Beside checking out the Gruene Outfitters and the Gruene Hall, I road along the Guadalupe River to the dam to check out the water and maybe wet a line.  I never did get a chance to wet a line but there was a hatch and some other fishers on the river.

 A local fisher.

 Another local in one of the better spots.

 A tube hatch, we get these on the Leigh River as well.

Some large fish at the out flow of the Dam on the Guadalupe River.

Some very large Carp.

There was only one thing I could do with local angles in the best spots,
no flies to match the hatch,  and large fish well out of reach. 
Find a local BBQ place and have some brisket and ribs.