Conococheague 01/18/23

Between yesterday and until noon today, I have logged in 12 hours of tying. I finished up another 24 dozen flies that will be headed to Dette’s Trout Flies. I was going to start on a customer order that came into me last night but then I thought, it’s my birthday lets go catch a birthday trout and then I will hit my Regal vise again. I snuck out at noon and was back home by 1:30. I just jumped on my 4 wheeler, went above my house and was on the stream in 8 minutes. I guided last week so my rod was already set up for streamer fishing. I tied on a black sculpin and simply slow retrieved the sculpin through some deeper holes and slower runs. It was windy and 45 degrees. The water was clear, mid 30’s and I did not see anything hatching. My birthday present didn’t come wrapped with a bow on it. I got two presents with black spots and a nice little fight. I landed two browns on my birthday.