Phil and I went out the upper catt on Friday to chase some inland trout around. The weather was cold but it warmed up slightly later in the day. Fishing was tougher than normal but we managed to get a few and some interesting company on the stream with us.

Sage Z-Axis Review

I have been a diehard Sage fan for years, so it’s no surprise that I am going to give this series a glowing endorsement. The first thing you notice is the weight or lack of it, these rods weigh almost nothing. These rods are quick and responsive and very light in the hand, the color is very eye pleasing and the hardware is just right. I started out with the 5wt and quickly bought the 3wt, after fishing them for the summer, I knew that these are the rods are a home run. I nymph a lot so I was browsing the web site and saw that they offer a 10’ 4wt a perfect choice for what I do the most which is nymph and swing, so I went out and bought it. All I can say is that this is one rod you should not be without, line control is awesome and it casts like a dream. If you have the chance go out and try one of the Z-Axis series rods you will be amazed with them.

Fishing May 18

I went to e upper catt last weekend for a quick day trip, and the weather was lousy it rain all day but the fishing was very good until the creek muddied up. All of the fish I caught were on an olive bugger size 8 swung low and slow along the bottom. I got over a dozen fish in a few short hours (sorry not a lot of pics do to the rain fall) but I did get a mink running along the bank stopping to give me a quick look, and a family of geese on the bank watching me fish by them., all in all a very good trip.

Fishing May 8

Phil and I took out some friends to our favorite place to chase trout on Friday. The day started out very cold 37 degrees to be exact; the fishing was slow but as the day warmed up so did the fishing. George fished with me and started catching fish right away on hare’s ears nymphs. The day got a little warmer and the fishing got better, my best was a fat 16” bow, with George taking his best inland trout a 14”brown trout and we found this caddis larva on a stick.

Good Weekend

I went out this week end to open up my cabin and to do a little fishing if time permitted. The first order of business was to fix the broken water pipes in the house and clean up the mess, after several hours of swearing, yelling out numbers and sweating my butt off we finished, then retired to a chair and cooler of beer (no fishing this day). The weather was great for April let just hope it’s not like last year with the oppressive heat and no water. The day started off slow and stayed that way all day with a hard earned fish every once in a while, which was frustrating with the amount of caddis, Hendrickson’s and olives but we held our course and continued to work and I was rewarded with a very big brown on the spring creek special dead drifted on my new Sage Z Axis 10' 4wt. . I took this picture of the deer just as I left my cabin at 630am she was just curious enough to let me snap a quick picture.
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