While fishing the lake for lahontan cutthroat, I noticed something floating between where I'd waded out into the lake and a guide's anchored pontoon boat. I thought "bobber". Not quite. I reeled up so I wasn't crowding the guide boat and waded over to get the bobber:
The bobber turned out to...
Apologies in advance for the crummy pics -
I went up to the lake this morning to try and fool a few lahontan cutthroat (I fooled one); there's a nesting platform on a pole near the pump station inlet. I think there are chicks in the nest now, but certainly two adults making trips to and...
There's no doubt in my mind that I have far too many fly boxes and in those, far too many flies. Seriously - on a day when I can't get it figured out, how many change-ups do I make? Maybe a dozen? Maybe 15? And of those dozen or so change-ups, how often do I open all (I won't say how many...
Bummer! I see WU is forecasting 88F in Ephrata this coming Saturday. Another year with spring lasting about a month? I guess I better get the tomatoes planted.
I was watching a Youtube about NRS Gigbob boats and at the end of the video several choices popped up (browsing history I guess), this one (which has been shared here before) popped up: worth a watch and listen.
Billy writes: "Decided to try a low density spot in hopes of a big fish. After dropping off my son at school I packed up and had the pleasure of chatting with @Buzzy on a short hike in. He went left and I went right."
I shoulda taken the right turn. Well done, very, very well done!
Trout (and probably bass, huh?) love tiger salamanders:
I felt a little bad that a trout I netted barfed up a pretty substantial meal (it ate a chironomid I hung under my SeegerCator).