Well, we had July weather in March and now in late April we are having early March weather with cold wind and night time temps back in the 20’s. I will be fishing and guiding the Rangeley area waters next week and then will give you a full report. Here is another book excerpt from the Spring Ice-Out to Leaf-Out section:
Book Excerpt:
On water that sees some fishing pressure, it is also a good idea to throw something that is smelt-like but perhaps the fish haven’t seen recently. Two streamers that have worked extremely well for me and aren’t fished as frequently as others are the Kennebago smelt, and a Mylar “Match the Hatch” minnow series originally created by Dave Whitlock, which includes a purple-feathered alewife version that works extremely well as a smelt imitation.
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One early and very cold morning my friend Dave Van Wie and I were casting Kennebago Smelt streamers in a sunken creek channel, both of us being too macho to admit we were freezing to death, and not willing to quit while we were skunked. If I had been by myself, I definitely would have quit an hour earlier. After every cast we had to stick our rods in the water to melt the ice on the guides. About the time it started to feel hopeless, I hooked a very fat 16-inch brook trout. I was still reminding Dave of my obviously superior fishing prowess, when he hooked and landed a larger trout. With both of us successful, we looked at each other and simultaneously said, “Let’s get the hell out of here” Actually, our lips were frozen so it sounded more like, “Lef’s git ta hell o’ of ere.” The Kennebago smelt probably saved us from a macho-induced case of frostbite.
Dave Whitlock’s “Match the Minnow” flies are weighty Mylar and epoxy creations with a feather tied lengthwise on top that have a flash and scaly look that other streamers tied with traditional feathers can’t duplicate. The first fish I ever caught in Kennebago Lake, was right after ice-out, and was a 20 inch, three pound female brook trout that slammed a Mylar minnow alewife imitation in purple. Dave Whitlock developed this minnow series over twenty years ago, but they still work and can be easily constructed with the wide range of materials available today. Part of the advantage of this fly is it sinks fast and if you bend the body of the fly slightly and retrieve it erratically, it moves through the water unpredictably like a fish that is injured and can’t control itself. This seems to bring out the predatory urge in trout and salmon. Often a fish will flash at this fly without taking it but you can then follow up with subsequent casts and other streamers once you have found the fish.