![Alligator on the bank of the Econ River](https://www.shadonthefly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220303_175020-1024x768.jpg)
Quick post. I made the hike into the Econ from Snowhill yesterday after work and found fish. I did not get one to hand, but I jumped multiple shad. The water is LOW, but they are there. Look for depth and current.
I fished the ultralight and the little yellow EagleClaw fly rod, and hooked shad on both. In my haste, I grabbed the 3/4 from the quiver instead of the 5/6 and paid the price. There were fish feeding ever so slightly out of my reach at the Double Gator Pool, just downstream of the big gator’s tail (above.)
I used to like wading in at the head of the pool here, and casting downstream right into the eddy, but a willow tree fell just upstream a couple of years ago and fouled the back cast. I contemplated it today so I could single-hand Spey cast, but where was the second gator? This is the Double Gator Pool after all. Just as I was getting ready to step in, I saw her. Do you??? Close, real close… with her muddy back. Clever girl!
![alligator in the mud on the Econlockhatchee River](https://www.shadonthefly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220303_161949-1024x768.jpg)
Sight fishing it was not, as the sun was low late in the day. With the water as low as it is, I am not sure it is going to be a year to sight fish for them anyway. If we get some rain, it may be a different story, but they are around.
![Large Alligator on the Econ](https://www.shadonthefly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220303_175020-300x225.jpg)
![panorama of a pool on the econlockhatchee river](https://www.shadonthefly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220303_175009-300x140.jpg)
![bluegill caught on the fly](https://www.shadonthefly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220303_163325-225x300.jpg)
![alligator hidden in the mud](https://www.shadonthefly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220303_161949-300x225.jpg)
![closeup of alligator in the mud](https://www.shadonthefly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220303_161938-300x225.jpg)
![closeup of a large alligator on the bank of the econ river](https://www.shadonthefly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220303_161433-300x225.jpg)
![view of alligator through the brush](https://www.shadonthefly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220303_161429-300x225.jpg)
![tail of alligator on the bank](https://www.shadonthefly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220303_161306-225x300.jpg)
![closeup of the alligator tail](https://www.shadonthefly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220303_161303-225x300.jpg)
Where is this? I’m new here. Thanks.
The Econlockhatchee River in Florida