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Date: May 8, 2022 Body of Water: Trickey Pond - Naples, Maine Moon Phase: New Moon plus six days; waxing crescent moon Boat: amybaby22 With: A Target: Trout - brookies or splake Time: 7:45 AM - 11:15 AM Conditions: Cold night but sunny; about 40 - 55 degrees F; northerly wind around 10 mph; water temperatures 48 - 50 I thought I'd given beautiful Trickey enough time to warm up and get going. I may have been mistaken. Other than the cold morning, our first tolling pass along the cover-strewn shoreline felt right. Our spread (tandem fly, DB Smelt off a short core, and flat-lined S7 and J9 Rapalas) provided ample choice for any trout (or landlocked salmon) in the area, and with water temperatures in the high forties, those fish should have been active. I continually tweaked the spread and boat speed, but after a couple of passes, I pulled out to deeper water and replaced the DB Smelt with a flasher/fly combo and the J9 with a small spoon on five colors of lead. As we approached the north end without a hit, I pulled lines and simplified for a consistently shallow effort consisting of an F7 Rapala, the DB Smelt on a single color of lead, and the tandem fly. We spent some time in the interesting and quiet north end before retracing the shallows along the eastern shore. But it didn't matter; we never got anything going and had pulled lines by the time we reached the ramp. What do I have to say about this? Strike three! This was my third skunk in a row on Trickey. But it's a beautiful lake and I will likely return for another at-bat. However, I was truly disappointed with this trip. Beyond the opportunity cost (we could have gone to another lake and who knows what could have happened), this was likely my last trip of the Spring trolling season. I'd have liked to have gone out on a high note! And I'd have loved to have captured a nice brookie, splake or salmon. I'll get over it though. I will likely next wet a line in Yosemite (tough to argue with that), and amybaby22 will next splash in the salt. Stripers will be arriving soon! But first, how will I take to nymphing with tiny flies on unfamiliar water? Pondering the questions of core essence and finding meaning in unexpected ways
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