With the looming eventuality that my 2012 Manitoba fishing
season will shortly end I thought it best not to end my reports with a float
tube picture. My most recent outings offered little success worth reporting but
did offer up a picture of a small brown trout and involved a new fly design.
The various pits at Reynold’s Ponds still produced a few
chironomids and small schools of minnows but the most insect activity was provided
by a few species of water boatmen and backswimmers. The water boatmen were
smaller, likely in the order of #14 or even #16 while the backswimmers were
closer to #10 or #12. I had tied a few in size 12 using rubber legs, white
micro crystal cactus for the body and Lustre Plus Nylon for the backing. These
materials are all available from the good folks at Canadian Llama. Anyway, only
one small brown was caught but it did seem to like my new creation.
This may be the last post of 2012 and if so, see you next
spring. In about 6 weeks I should be beating the waters of the Texas Gulf Coast
and Laguna Madre to a froth and I’ll report on anything interesting in my South
Padre Island blog.
Wishing you sharp augers, hungry fish and a mild winter!
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