Weekend Plans for the 12th and 13th
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:01 pm
Looks like the lovely wife will be working both days. Which means up before sunrise. She wakes everybody up.
The Fox will be at it's lowest level in almost 2 years. In the 13 I've been fishing it, I've never seen it go so long with higher then average water.
Which means it's time to do a couple of things I've been putting off.
Saturday sunrise at Saw wee kee canoe launch. Walk across the river and wander down for about a half mile or so. This is going to be a fly rod day. I used one on the Fox many years ago because fly guys were always whining about not catching many on the fly. I remember catching many and wondering what the problem was. I tied on a clouser, put a bead of lead in front of it, chucked and ducked it like a jig and twister and caught fish. I've read some whining again. Time to go try it again.
Sunday sunrise is exploring water I've wanted to explore for over 2 years. I won't explore if the water is up and it's been up. I like to explore, not die trying. This one is going to be along the Hoover Forest Preserve. A good aerial map will show you a strip of park land owned by Yorkville along the river directly east and attached to Hoover. The entrance to the park is next to the last house on the east side of the subdivision closest to the river. Checked it out a year ago. It might suck getting in and it will definitely suck getting back to the car walking the shore through Hoover. But may as well do it. Times running out this year and the opportunity will pass quickly.
Let's see if this works.
Hoover and the subdivision to the east
It's off Fox Street on the south side of the river and about a mile west of Route 47.
My other option was the river along a new forest perserve called Millbrook East. This would be a Hemingwade and I'm not up for it this weekend. The rest of my September weekends are booked up, so maybe October if it stays nice out and the river don't rise.
Millbrook East
Scroll around, you'll figure out where you are. Then there's Milbrook West, another mile long stretch of the river with a new Forest Preserve bordering it.
Then, back at Hoover, I know the mom of the guy that owns the farm that borders Hoover to the west. He has about a half mile of Fox shore line. She's going to get me permission to go through his land. As she says, he'll do what I say.
And you guys wonder why I never get bored with this river.
The Fox will be at it's lowest level in almost 2 years. In the 13 I've been fishing it, I've never seen it go so long with higher then average water.
Which means it's time to do a couple of things I've been putting off.
Saturday sunrise at Saw wee kee canoe launch. Walk across the river and wander down for about a half mile or so. This is going to be a fly rod day. I used one on the Fox many years ago because fly guys were always whining about not catching many on the fly. I remember catching many and wondering what the problem was. I tied on a clouser, put a bead of lead in front of it, chucked and ducked it like a jig and twister and caught fish. I've read some whining again. Time to go try it again.
Sunday sunrise is exploring water I've wanted to explore for over 2 years. I won't explore if the water is up and it's been up. I like to explore, not die trying. This one is going to be along the Hoover Forest Preserve. A good aerial map will show you a strip of park land owned by Yorkville along the river directly east and attached to Hoover. The entrance to the park is next to the last house on the east side of the subdivision closest to the river. Checked it out a year ago. It might suck getting in and it will definitely suck getting back to the car walking the shore through Hoover. But may as well do it. Times running out this year and the opportunity will pass quickly.
Let's see if this works.
Hoover and the subdivision to the east
It's off Fox Street on the south side of the river and about a mile west of Route 47.
My other option was the river along a new forest perserve called Millbrook East. This would be a Hemingwade and I'm not up for it this weekend. The rest of my September weekends are booked up, so maybe October if it stays nice out and the river don't rise.
Millbrook East
Scroll around, you'll figure out where you are. Then there's Milbrook West, another mile long stretch of the river with a new Forest Preserve bordering it.
Then, back at Hoover, I know the mom of the guy that owns the farm that borders Hoover to the west. He has about a half mile of Fox shore line. She's going to get me permission to go through his land. As she says, he'll do what I say.
And you guys wonder why I never get bored with this river.
