Day 1 Saturday morning I was up at 8 tying up some flies in preperation to meet up with Tom for some for some double-haul practice out at Pyramid. By the time I had the truck loaded Tom had already been fishing for an hour or so near Shotdog and Seperator with no luck. We decided to meet at Indian Head with hopes of the light crowds we had experienced last weekend... no such luck. There must have been 6 or so rigs parked on the beach when we arrived. All the choice spots on the point had been taken and Tom had snagged a position in the middle of the bay. Immediately we noticed the guys on the point catching fish after fish. Some of the guys were throwing flies, some throwing jigs and more yet throwing a Carolina Rig(more commonly used for bass fishing) with a beetle or tadpole as the bait. Finally it was our turn as I hoooked into our first fish of the day which i lost maneuvering for a beach landing. We went on to catch 13 fish(fish porn to come) for the 3 of us in 5 hours with about as many fish lost. There is something to be said about a 60 degree day at Pyramid Lake in the beginning of February and the fish thought so too. We fished a variety of flies today with the best producers being anything in brown or olive. Tom got a few to take a white beetle and I landed one on an oilcan beetle with a sparkle purple chenile. Here is some of the promised fish porn:
My first fish
One of Dans many fish
Some McMillan love
And this was the big fish of the day. No tape measure unfortunately.
Of the 13 fish we were able to land that day the average size was right about 20-21" with a couple smaller and a couple bigger thrown in.
Day 2 Got on the water Sunday morning about an hour earlier than the day before and we were the only guys on the point. My first cast in this spot rewarded me with a nice 21" cutt. We proceeded to catch 6 between the three of us with the biggest being 22". The flavor today was anything in brown or olive.. the beetles got no love. More fish porn:
We talked with a couple folks on Sunday who said the entire week out there has been on fire. With 2 weeks of warm weather and another week of great conditions coming up there is no excuse not to get out there and get a few. The reports from all over the lake are coming back as excellent. Most fish are between 18-22" with an occasional kicker over 24". The spinning guys are tossing brightly colored charteruese jigs and beetles and the fly guys are getting them on various colored beetles and natural colored buggers.
See you out there Saturday.
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