I walked into Newman's bottom this morning. I caught 17. Only the last 2 I caught were undersized. The fish quit biting around 9 AM. Just like last weekend.

The fish are extremely skittish. I didn't catch any more than 3 fish in a single spot at any given time. Nobody that I talked to or seen with a stringer had caught more than 2 fish. I was glad to be fishing with the fly rod. At one point I was fishing on one end of a curve. I gave a guy 2 fish. He had only caught one fish on the other end of the curve. He asked me to come and fish the spot he was in. I caught 3 fish in the spot he was fishing. He said, "I'm gonna get me a fly rod, that's the 2nd time you have done that to me. Two weeks ago, me and my buddies fished at Irwin bridge the entire day and didn't catch a single white, then you showed up and started catching them immediately with your fly rod, LOL"

They wanted a slightly faster presentation today. I had to keep the fly moving with short 1 inch strips to get a bite. I tried pulling it slowly on bottom, making long strips and pausing and even reeling it in and never got a bite. I didn't see anyone fishing with a rooster tail though, that might be the ticket with conventional gear. I also heard there were people catching them with live bait near Irwin bridge yesterday.

How was the water clarity?

Enjoyed the video, as always. Great catching as well. It looks like there are few females starting to move into the Wolf Pond area. Maybe they will start moving upstream soon.

When I was out Saturday morning it was dead calm and I was thinking it would be a great day to take the yak out. By the time I got home the wind was blowing. After watching your video I sure am glad I didn't. That looked like one rough ride back to the boat dock.

Presentation is everything my friend, especially in clear water conditions.

I was fishing with a guide one time and he was trying to explain presentation to my wife. He said "Pretend you are playing with a cat. Move the cat toy in different ways and see which way it likes best." I thought it was funny at the time, but actually applicable to fishing. Sometimes our cat will play with just about anything, other times she's only interested in specific toys or household objects, and then there are times when she is in nap mode and dead to the world. Much like fish I guess.

They would only take the fly on the fall

I had a similar experience fishing a jig on Yegua. The crappie would hit after I stopped reeling and waited a couple seconds. I wondered if they were picking it up off the bottom. I have difficulty fishing that slow, but it's definitely the way to get that "thump" on a cold day.