Got to spend the weekend floating the Toccoa Tailwater trying not to melt in the process. This heat is really starting to take its toll on the will get out there. It's funny to think that I am sitting in a boat floating on 60 something degree water yet sweating like a hog. Saturday I got fish with a good friend and guest who I have had the pleasure to row down a river on several occasions.
Great fisherman, very knowledgeable and just fun to be around. We shoved off early enough to enjoy the cool morning for as long as possible. The fishing started right off with Jason, Jim's son hooking a few trout within minutes of getting started.
It took some patience and perseverance to dial in on what was going to be the "Fly of the Day" but with only a few trips into my flybox we were getting consistent strikes on a Caddis dry with midge dropper and a Parachute Sulpher and midge dropper with the majority of the strikes coming from the dropper. We did manage a few lively top-water strikes from those trout who were looking up. By lunch time I think we landed around two dozen fish, but once the sun was high in the sky and the air temps topped out, the fishing dropped off dramatically. Along with the rise in heat came a decrease in the will to fish! At some point all three of us had gotten out of the boat to cool off in the river. The mornings are nice and the fishing is good during that period, but the afternoon heat sure takes its toll.
Great fisherman, very knowledgeable and just fun to be around. We shoved off early enough to enjoy the cool morning for as long as possible. The fishing started right off with Jason, Jim's son hooking a few trout within minutes of getting started. 
It took some patience and perseverance to dial in on what was going to be the "Fly of the Day" but with only a few trips into my flybox we were getting consistent strikes on a Caddis dry with midge dropper and a Parachute Sulpher and midge dropper with the majority of the strikes coming from the dropper. We did manage a few lively top-water strikes from those trout who were looking up. By lunch time I think we landed around two dozen fish, but once the sun was high in the sky and the air temps topped out, the fishing dropped off dramatically. Along with the rise in heat came a decrease in the will to fish! At some point all three of us had gotten out of the boat to cool off in the river. The mornings are nice and the fishing is good during that period, but the afternoon heat sure takes its toll.
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