Trip Report: A Quick Hour

Yesterday around 515pm I headed to a nearby State Park to take advantage of chilly, windy evening by the river. I fished a size 18 tungsten beaded wd40 nymph and a gray size 16 tung beaded zebra midge. It was cold and windy but I found a few good tucked away spots to cast.

First I got a small brown trout. Then I rolled a smaller rainbow. Then I hooked into a little more substantial trout. This holdover rainbow took the zebra midge. He put a great bend in my Whitewater Valley 7' 9'' 3wt and took quite a while to haul in. I haven't been able to get out much lately and probably won't for at least a few more weeks.

Trip Report: End of Late C&R Season

 

I got out yesterday and today to chase trouts before the late catch and release season ended today. Yesterday it rained all day but the streams I fished had a perfect stain to them. The stream a buddy and I chose today was pretty clear but with cloudy skies we didn't spook 'em too much.

 This steam was loaded with browns and brookies. Most took the pink squirrel of prey while a few took a gray size 20 Matt's Midge dry fly. Fish held pretty tight to the bottom and came from faster runs and deep pools with a little current. I did spot a few fish on reds but not as many as expected. They were left to procreate!

This was the biggest fish from yesterday. Nothing huge but fish eagerly ate my flies. After around 7 hours of fishing I must've landed at least 30 trout, about half bows and half brownies. After returning home a buddy texted me and we decided to meet at dawn today to chase brownies.

 I had a great jacket so the chilly temps didn't get to my top half but I quickly regretted wet wading. Still it didn't make a difference to the fish. We started right were we left off catching a few fish out of almost every section of water.

 This was my big fish of the day! A great way to end the season. Now on to a lot of fly tying and rod building.