MAY 2007
May 3, 2007
fisherman fighting a large fish
hooked at the Wall - (click image for video of fight)
Otter in the Meadows - fun to watch but not a good sign
2005
May
23 2005 - 53 degrees - 9:05 PM
tiny
sz 22-26 spinners cover the water at dusk
small
Chub fry along the banks - time for little Bucktail streamers
May
15 2005 - 59 degrees - 8:20 PM
thunderstorms
and rain arrive at sunset - fish rose through the rain to Olives, Caddis
and H spinners
May
10 2005 - 68 degrees - 7:00 PM
May
9 2005 - 63 degrees - 6:40 PM
May
5 2005 - 59 degrees - 7:30 PM
Ian
Forbes works a riser in the tail of the Meadows
May 5 2005 - 62 degrees - 12:30 PM
some
folk have suggested there weren't enough photos of me on the site, so:
yours
truly, sidearm casting on a small Brookie stream
IAN
FORBES PHOTO/S
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May
26 2004 - 44 degrees - 7:20AM
what
a surprise I had with temps in the damp 40s this AM:
but
it wasn't snow - it was cottonwood/dandelion fluff
backwater
looking more typical of the season -
May
24 2004 - 71 degrees - 3:30PM
May
20 2004 - 64 degrees - 7:30PM
tiny
spinners, sipping fish, patient fishermen
May
19 2004 - 67 degrees - 12:10PM
spider
webs tell last night's story:
May
17 2004 - 64 degrees - 7PM
beautiful,
calm evening, plenty of insects in the air and on the water - but few rising
fish before 7PM
the
Stenonemas have arrived:
Steno
spinners heavy after dark(L), fresh March Brown(R)
at
dark, Crane Flies, at least four types of spinners (szs 10-24) and two
kinds of Caddis (szs 14&20) on the water
May
11 2004 - 69 degrees - 9:10PM
Caddis,
Caddis shucks and Hendrickson spinners cover the water after dark
And
the fish are on them.
May
11 2004 - 85 degrees - 2:30PM - finally, green leaves
May
7 2004 - 78 degrees - 4:00PM - Ken Corey works out a vintage Leonard
4099 at the Farmington
May
2 2004 - 56 degrees - 3:40PM - healthy watershed, healthy amphibians
(Spring Peeper - NE coqui)
May
1 2004 - 71 degrees - 9:50AM - the water has cleared-up
Good
trout rising to a rhythm for spinners in the morning:
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2003 ----------------------------------------------------
May
28 2003 - 55 degrees - 9 AM
can
anyone identify these wildflowers?
(someone
has suggested Monotropa Hypopitys or Uniflower
- Pinesap or a pink Indian Pipe?)
May
27 2003 - 50 degrees - 8:45 AM
AM
Olives & Caddis
and
in flight at 4:30PM:
May
26 2003 - 54 degrees - 4:25 PM
high
water & thousands of BWOs in the rain
May
25 2003 - 62 degrees - 3:35 PM
male
Stenonema takes first flight
May
20 2003 - 63 degrees - 9:15 AM
still
a number of spent spinners on the water in AM - as well as the Caddis
May
19 2003 - 80 degrees - 4:25 PM
Smallie on nest
stonefly
case
May
19 2003 - 58 degrees - 8:45 AM
May
18 2003 - 72 degrees - 5:00 PM
Caddis
pupa
May
16 2003 - 56 degrees - 3:20 PM
plenty
of blown-over Olives on the water this afternoon
May
14 2003 - 51 degrees - 9:00 AM
Some
Caddis but very few risers this AM
feeding
Swallows (above) and Poison Ivy seems to be popping up everywhere
May
13 2003 - 54 degrees - 9:10 AM
more
Caddis in the air - some splashy Caddis rises despite the high water
cause/effect
May
12 2003 - 56 degrees - 4:30 PM
no
rises to tiny black brine-fly activity - a few Caddis here and there
May
10 2003 - 65 degrees - 12:30 PM
Eastern
Water snakes (harmless), feeding on minnows
May
9 2003
Hendricksons
continue over on the Farmington
Ken
Corey hooks up to a nice fish
May
6 2003 - 61 degrees - 4:30 PM
lots
of hungry risers chasing down duns, spinners and the tiny stuff (diptera
& a few olives)
May
5 2003 - 50 degrees - 9:30 AM
quiet
morning - no spinner fall - few bugs - fewer splashy rises<
some
color on the river bank
May
4 2003 - 62 degrees - 5:30 PM
May
3 2003 - 55 degrees -
waiting
for a spinner fall - Sat PM
something
to think about while wading? (shell 19")
