Bass Fly Fishing in September
At dusk when the sun gets off the river many bass move onto the tails of the pools. There they feed heavily on chub and dace minnows. In water that is 1-3 feet deep, the bass can easily catch these minnows. We will often see the wake of the bass as he chases these minnows. Years ago I developed the Floating Dace and Floating Chub Minnow for this fishing.
Many large bass cruise the foot deep pool tails immediately upstream above where the river drops into the pool below. The most effective way to fish these areas is to wade into the riffle about 2 feet downstream of the lip. I wade very cautiously out about 20 feet. From here I fan 40 foot casts straight upstream and up and across stream. After covering all of the water I can reach, I wade slowly across the river pausing every 20 feet to repeat this technique. Listen to the rest of my podcast for directions on my strip-pause-strip retrieve.
Trout Fly Fishing in September
Many of the mountain trout streams are still fairly warm and the trout in these areas are not feeding heavily. However, some of these wild trout have moved into sections of the streams where there are springs. The spring cool that part of the stream prompting the trout to feed well. There are many springs which feed our mountain streams. Just last summer I was taking a different shortcut to a mountain stream I’d fished often. Sure enough I crossed a sizable spring I had never seen. The first thing I do when I get to a trout stream is check the water temperature. I checked it down below the spring and found it was several degrees cooler than the water I checked about a mile away.
The difference of 2 or 3 degrees in the temperature can make the difference in a great day fishing and a poor day fishing. So do your homework before heading to the stream and look for the springs.
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