{"id":8645,"date":"2011-08-08T13:14:10","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T17:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adirondack.net\/dacks\/2011\/08\/fish-not-expected.html"},"modified":"2018-06-26T10:02:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T14:02:00","slug":"fish-not-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adirondack.net\/dacks\/2011\/08\/fish-not-expected\/","title":{"rendered":"Not What I Expected, But I Did Catch Fish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What better way to spend an afternoon off than <b>rounding up the fishing gear<\/b> and heading into the woods to try to catch some trout? That&#8217;s what I did with my afternoon yesterday, and I had a little bit of luck. I was able to land three fish, and probably missed a dozen. These fish however, were <b>a bit different<\/b> from what I was expecting.<\/p>\n<p>I was fishing on a small stream that connects a few lakes at the southern tip of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adirondack.net\/maps\/countymaps\/\">Adirondack Park<\/a>. I have fished these waters before, and have taken both trout and bass from the connected lakes. There was no doubt in my mind that <b>this stream was full of fish.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Still sticking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adirondack.net\/dacks\/2011\/07\/fly-fishing-small-streams\/\">Tom Rosenbauer&#8217;s advice<\/a>, I picked up a few Parachute Adams at the local fly shop and headed to the water. Still without a pair of waders, I crept into the stream wearing my river shorts and was fishing by 5:00pm. I warmed up a little and started producing long, somewhat accurate casts.<\/p>\n<p>I am quite pleased with the way <b>my abilities are developing.<\/b> Earlier in the summer my line was getting tangled and snagged, and occasionally came crashing into my rod only to fall, bunched-up into the stream at my feet. Now I have the timing down a little better, and am more focused on <b>keeping my rod at a uniform plane<\/b> throughout the casting stroke. This has helped me quite a bit.<\/p>\n<p>At about 5:30pm I start to <b>hear and see signs of fish rising for food<\/b> off the surface of the water. I begin casting near the disturbances in the surface, and after a few tries, <b>I get a bite<\/b> &#8211; which I miss. Another three or four casts and I get another. I fished like this, up the stream for about 2 hours. I hooked a few fish, but landed only three, all of which were a species I believe to be <i>Fallfish<\/i>. These look like big bait fish, <b>which aggravated me somewhat.<\/b> I thought to myself, &#8220;why can&#8217;t people dispose of their shiners responsibly? So that I can catch trout rather than these ugly things.&#8221; Turns out, these fish are everywhere in NYS, as I found on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dec.ny.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NYSDEC website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The fishing was fun, even though I wasn&#8217;t catching what I set out for. 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