Today I got out for a quick fish while the wifey made Christmas Cookies! With cloudy skies and temps in the mid 40's around noon I hoped to find a good midge hatch. Upon arrival at the river I found no fish rising and a few midges buzzing around. I tied on a brown streamer and immediately tied into a decent brownie.
This guy surprised the heck out of me. He came out of a spot chocked full of stocked Rainbow trout. He didn't put up much of a fight but it was nice to hook into a stout brown right away. I landed a few small rainbows on the streamer before heading upstream. A little ways up I spotted a good number of little midges fluttering about. A few seconds later the trout took notice and began rising. I tied on some 5X tippet and a size 24 parachute midge emerger.
I landed around a half dozen little bows in short order before the hatch died. I hooked into one really colorful bow but the hook pulled out as I steered him to the net. I quickly moved on. With no more midges coming off I tied my streamer back on and landed a few more bows and this little brownie.
I probably landed over a dozen trout with all but three being Rainbow trouts. I ran into a pretty good number of anglers today and parking areas were well occupied. Hopefully this warm weather will stick around into the new year when the general early season begins!
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