Senior Project

For my Senior Project I'm researching the history and advancement of Fly Fishing. So far I have only gathered my supplies needed for field work on the river which includes my fly rod, wading overalls, fly reel, fishing vest, and of course the fly lures. I know that I'm going to have fun with this project, I mean what can be more fun then being on an open river fishing for hours on end for trophy rainbow trout! I'm hoping to go to McCloud CA, and fish on the McCloud on the upper falls area. That is the first place where i first really became in love with fishing. It was on a summer vacation where I limited out five times (25 fish) on the upper falls and I had a blast. My father and I have made McCloud an annual trip every summer since. After I'm done fishing for trout on the McCloud I plan on going to Trinity River where I'll fish for bigger game in Salmon. Fishing for Chinook Salmon is a bit tricky. They are usually very nice sized fish with your average going about 20-30lbs on a nice open stream. The hard part is trying to get them to bite. They aren't feeding once they are in the river because they are in spawn mode and will die off anyway so what you have to do is try and annoy them with your lure that are usually very big ugly looking bugs that will eat the eggs then they will strike. All i reallt need to focus on is getting my mentor interview in but I'm all set up with the guy and should be able to get it by Tuesday next week!