Sunday-December 10, 2017: As the water cools down on the lake in December,  so too the fishing at San Luis Reservoir.   Despite alot of talk about surface boils in the coves at daybreak,  I wasn’t able to score early in the morning.   I did see one legit boil near the shoreline in the morning but couldn’t get a fly on it fast enough.   I fished the BOP , Romero and the Trash Racks hard with not even a bite till 11:00.   At 11:0 I went to the old reliable Guardrail and caught a couple fish .  Our office party was last night and everyone stayed late and had a great time.  When the alarm went off at 5:00 this morning,  I still felt like I was partying. I can see why the fish weren’t that anxious to eat.

I wore my new Chicago Flyfishing Outfitters Hat  that I bought over Thanksgiving.  The first fish I hooked and lost of the day hit a really slow fly .  I didn’t feel like the fish hit the fly very hard and I lost it on the 4th strip to the boat.  It happened a second time on a slow paused fly.   The last two fish I caught were also on slow retrieves.   I think the winter cycle is upon us.   I might be time to fish the forebay .

The fish I cleaned today were full of Diptera and small grass shrimp. There have been reports of fish cruising tight against the shoreline gulping food. I find it kind of odd behavior for the beginning of winter. For sure the fish seemed uninterested in moving bait.

The underwater shots were made with a GoPro Fusion.  Im slowly learning how to use Fusion Studio but I think the real power of the 360 GoPro Fusion is underwater shots under the boat.    Its hard to point a  camera at a fish that is swimming around the boat.   One of these days Ill get that big fish as it comes in from the depths .

Next week is time to to check out the Forebay..