Sunday trip...
D-nymph Raz and I hit up some tailwaters on Sunday
A little day trip to scratch the itch
no one got the skunk and all made it back alive
The river had been running at 500 to 330cfs for some time and dipped down to 120 on friday. The river is no one easily waded... slick bowling balls in a swift current make for some tricky situations... even at reduced flows. At one point I heard a hoot and look upstream expecting to see a hooked fish... instead seeing D-nymph saving himself from the digger. Not going to lie, I put it down more than both of them combined. The river holds some of the larger wild brookies in the area and some of the prettiest bowns.... but don't expect to see them here. We all had shots, but came up short and resorted to rock skipping, beer drinking, or taking pictures of rocks.
Beautiful day and it was good to be out
Leaving early with my batteries charged
we hit an upper section and walk down to the firt bridge
yeah... this sign is true
later in the day I even used the 7x... and promptly broke off
like the 3 stooges, we bumbled our way up stream to the car
slipping, falling, missing fish, but landing a few
nice colorful brookies... but selective
i'm guessing the undersides get rubbed on rocks??
made it back to the car
drank some beers and BSed for a bit and then it was off to another close river
this one was also lower than usual
I spent my time hooking trees, undoing tangles, and falling in the water
Raz got one and D-nymph saw a steelhead
D-nymph in need of a good low-holing
We bounced back down in hopes of some evening risers
D-nymph went high, Raz and I worked low
more pocket water with nice little glides
sun would peak out for a sec
fooled a pretty dink brown with some nice colors (shtty pic while fumbling in the current)
Fish were looking up... literally... I saw one pretty much sitting vertical in the water column
it wanted nothing I had
So i took pictures of rocks
no matter how bad you have it... it can always be worse
don't be afraid to ask for help
internet fishing sites are a great place to blow off stream/ joke/ digg on each other... but we are all similar
we all enjoy the same basic things... methods may differ, but we all love to get out
post edited by KJH807 - 2009/06/29 23:09:56