Spent the last two nights after work trying to get the hang of Spey casting on the Cheboygan River. Last night, the first with the new double - handed rod, was awkward but I made a few casts where the fly actually landed out beyond where I could have thrown it. Actually, I got it down where I had a few feet of running line out in addition to the shooting head. I was tossing a big conehead bugger, and just letting it swing with the current. The weather was mild, about 36 degrees. I fished the bend just below the tissue plant. I spoke with one other fisherman... I recognized him as a local but I don't know him... who said it was the first night he'd been skunked and he'd fished a lot lately. So the fish are there.
Tonight I went out on a follow up, and waded further downstream, behind Mariner's Village. The wind was stiff, straight up river out of the north, and carried a driving snow that accumulated about four inches during the day. Tonight I tossed a single - egg fly with a hex nymph as a dropper. I don't know if I was getting deep enough, even with the 7 - inch / second leader. Anyway, the casting got a bit easier (I spent a chunk of time last night watching pros Spey cast via YouTube). I spoke with some guys using spawn and bobbers. They landed two small fish and lost a monster. More importantly, I wasn't the only one stupid enough to be out there on such a nasty night.
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