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Well this is a day late, but I couldn't get to a computer yesterday. Headed out early with a couple of friends to give the river one last look before derby day. The upper river had real nice color to it and was pretty much where I like the water to be color wise for Steelies. 
Worked a whole lot of water yesterday, but by around 10 am the river was getting worse fairly quickly. I wanted to hit a couple spots by the mid/lower river as I haven't had a chance to fish some real nice water I had looked at earlier, but there was maybe 6 in of vis by the time we got down to the Wilson rd area. So we headed back up and hit a couple other spots we have had some success at this year. Today was not our day I guess, all we got were a few solid hits and some torn roesacks. Personally, I think they were trout that were hitting, the hits were just to fast to react to. Or, I am just slow on the draw this year so far!!! ;D But, all in all it was a great day, in which we ran accross about 6-7 other friends and shot the shit for a while.
Good luck to everyone on Derby Day, I still haven't gotten my ticket yet. I will probably get it in the morning. But I have a few misgiving's about the derby situation. We saw about 4-5 vehicles in every spot that we crossed in the last 1/3 of the river. That was the only fishable water on the river. Now I am no rocket scientist, but....... on derby day there is going to be 5 times as many people out as there was yesterday. Then when you add into the equation that there is only a third of the river at best that will be fishable, seeing what I saw yesterday. Well, I think you guys can see where I am going with this. If you want a spot to yourself, or one that isn't that busy tomorrow on derby day, good luck. We saw 6-8 guys at every spot we went into from about 9 am on. Anyhow, no matter how busy it is tomorrow, I hope that everyone is respectful of each other. Have a great day out there guys and be safe.
Worked a whole lot of water yesterday, but by around 10 am the river was getting worse fairly quickly. I wanted to hit a couple spots by the mid/lower river as I haven't had a chance to fish some real nice water I had looked at earlier, but there was maybe 6 in of vis by the time we got down to the Wilson rd area. So we headed back up and hit a couple other spots we have had some success at this year. Today was not our day I guess, all we got were a few solid hits and some torn roesacks. Personally, I think they were trout that were hitting, the hits were just to fast to react to. Or, I am just slow on the draw this year so far!!! ;D But, all in all it was a great day, in which we ran accross about 6-7 other friends and shot the shit for a while. Good luck to everyone on Derby Day, I still haven't gotten my ticket yet. I will probably get it in the morning. But I have a few misgiving's about the derby situation. We saw about 4-5 vehicles in every spot that we crossed in the last 1/3 of the river. That was the only fishable water on the river. Now I am no rocket scientist, but....... on derby day there is going to be 5 times as many people out as there was yesterday. Then when you add into the equation that there is only a third of the river at best that will be fishable, seeing what I saw yesterday. Well, I think you guys can see where I am going with this. If you want a spot to yourself, or one that isn't that busy tomorrow on derby day, good luck. We saw 6-8 guys at every spot we went into from about 9 am on. Anyhow, no matter how busy it is tomorrow, I hope that everyone is respectful of each other. Have a great day out there guys and be safe.
