February 8, 2015. Stained water, rain, the CZ 5 wt.

Well, another good day for the Beulah CZ 5 wt.

 

Same fish. #16 Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear. Water too fast to fish any other way. It was windy, pissing rain and cold. We had a blast.

 

The rabbit gets out of the hole, goes around the tree and leaves. No. The rabbit avoids the hole and goes around the tree three times and …….

 

Hey Jared, the fish are over here…..

Seriously, they’re over here. Long-leader-it, I have a spool in the car.

This is prototype number 2 for the Beulah 5 wt. CZ rod. It’s my build and it was a great performer today.

 

Wind knot? Well…the rain is blowing sideways instead of down. Getting tired, cold and ready for a barley soda.  Let’s pack it in. Nobody else is out, wonder why?

 

Warm and dry awaits.

I stopped carrying a net today. I think the fish do better in shallow water with less handling. It was a lot easier to get a picture and release them so I’m going to try net-less fishing.

The CZ rod was a champ. I’m really glad I took the risk of building it.