Fished for herrings after work today.
I haven't fished for them for while, so it was fun to catch them at start, but after hooking up 5 or 6 fish, it became too easy and predictable, so I packed up and went home.
I was fishing at the outlet of a boat habour a half hour so after the top of the tide, and it looked like a big school was just passing through there as the tide was turning around.
Herring do move a lot with tide, and having some ideas on where they will be at different tidal stages can be vital. Other than that, catching them is usually quite easy.
Once a school is located, it will be just matter of casting out to any general direction, and pulling a fly back at a slow to medium monotonous pace. Fish don't care much about how flies look like. As long as they are moving, fish will hit them.
I am guessing, when they are chasing a fly like they were doing today, I could probably catch them even with a bare hook.
I was fishing at the outlet of a boat habour a half hour so after the top of the tide, and it looked like a big school was just passing through there as the tide was turning around.
Herring do move a lot with tide, and having some ideas on where they will be at different tidal stages can be vital. Other than that, catching them is usually quite easy.
Once a school is located, it will be just matter of casting out to any general direction, and pulling a fly back at a slow to medium monotonous pace. Fish don't care much about how flies look like. As long as they are moving, fish will hit them.
I am guessing, when they are chasing a fly like they were doing today, I could probably catch them even with a bare hook.
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