It was a great day on the Madison with my husband Tryston and guide Dan Delekta. We went from Windy Point to McAtee Bridge and the weather was cool with occasional sprinkles of rain and a light north wind. I was using a brand new Brown Bear 4/5 Wt rod with a beautiful buck eyed burled wood handle that Dan Delekta made for me for Christmas along with a new olive Galvan open back reel, this was my first fishing trip with the new rod and it proved to be the best fly rod I’ve ever used! Thank you so much Dan for the most amazing and beautiful Christmas gift I’ve ever had! OK, on to the report!
The fish were very eager and continuously ate the #8 Delektable Mega Prince Copper Back throughout the day, I never had to change flies. The sizes were mainly larger fish of about 14” and up with only a few small fish, all were just as eager. I also had a #10 Chubby Chernobyl in a royal color tied about 24” in front of the Mega Prince and this also got many hits later as it warmed up in the day. Big fun!
Tryston was fly fishing for the first time on this trip and had a great time! Dan was a great teacher being very patient and helped him learn tons of tricks and techniques that will keep him on the right track now. He hooked a lot of fish, big and small throughout the day as well, but had trouble landing them. He used mainly a double nymph rig with weights to bring the flies down to the bottom. He had the best luck with the #8 Delektable Mega Prince Copper Back, #8 Gray Delektable Hurless Stone and the #8 Olive Delektable Hurless Stone. I would say he’s officially hooked on fly fishing now!
Thank you again Dan and Nancy for this great day on the river that will live in our memories forever!
Jenn