I'm Still Out Here!

I was doing a little web browsing this morning on smallmouth bass fishing in the fall, when I stumbled across a blog called The Republican River Experience. And I thought to myself " Shit I haven't written in a really long time." So hello blog world. How are you doing? And yes I'm still out here. My last post was before the 4th of July, so there is a lot to catch up on. First and foremost I didn't fish the river much this summer. Around mid June the bass fishing on the local lake gets so intense that its all I really focus on until the end of August. My bass fly fishing takes place between 3:30 am and 7:00 am three days a week during the summer months. And this summer was no exception. All total I brought over 90 largemouth bass to hand between June 7th and Aug 30th. The largest weighing in around 7.5 pounds. And lost lord knows how many. I also brought an impressive 17 channel catfish in, 8 crappie, and several hundred bream. All on fly tackle. Not a bad summer. I learned some new things which is always good. Saw some amazing things, and witnessed a few that really hurt my feelings. Fished some new waters this summer that were good if not downright awesome. Took the kids fly fishing several times. Always fun. So yea it was a really good summer. And now its almost November. And even though I have been to the Republican a few times in the last two months my focus has mostly turned to Work and Waterfowl. Around here especially in my line of work fall means harvest. Corn and Soybean harvest to be specific. And since about mid Sept I have been at work nearly everyday doing my part to get these fall crops in. With the small amount of time I have had off I have taken advantage of my other obsession which is waterfowl hunting. But that has nothing to do with fly fishing the republican river so I won't indulge on it, although the feathers I collect from wood ducks, teal, and mallards as well as pheasants, geese, and turkeys do contribute to my fly tying every year. I am hoping to get in on some mid fall brown trout action if I can and there is always winter stream fishing which is one of my favorite times of year. The river survived the summer heat ok. Better than the past few summers anyway. But it seems to get just a little lower and a little slower every year. Its hard to watch but what can you do? Anyways I'm back and I plan on doing a lot more writing soon. I might even ask Santa for a new digital camera so I can ad more pictures to my posts.