I was on the river twice this week...one guide trip and a casual float with my wife. The river is still cold but flowing at levels we would expect to see in a few weeks from now. Currently, there are very few bugs hatching. Terrestrials are starting to show up and we should be seeing caddis pop any day. Yesterday, I fished a beetle and ant exclusively,
the fish didn‘t seem to care that it’s early…they ate them all day.
Thursday we did a trip for two dads and their six kids. I ended up with two young boys in my boat, one was 10 and the other was 9. Neither of the boys had ever cast a fly rod. One of the boys had never fished...I learned about all of this in the shop parking lot as I was meeting them. I was NOT prepared to fish two young boys. Fortunately, one of the other guides had a spinning rod in his boat and I gladly grabbed it along with a few maribou jigs. This wasn’t his first kid rodeo
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First of all, these two boys were incredibly well behaved, both of them were very smart and had amazing vocabularies. One of the boys was a straight up assassin with that spinning rod and jig. He crushed everyone in the 4 boat party…if it had been a contest he would have won it walking away. The kid caught 3 fish over 18”! His Family is from TX, he claimed to fish for bass all the time and I believe him. I did a few things that I never do on a guide trip (let the clients row the boat) and we had a blast. Those kids made me better and I will forever have two things in my boat…1- a spinning rod 2- more snacks than you could ever imagine needing.
the fish didn‘t seem to care that it’s early…they ate them all day.Thursday we did a trip for two dads and their six kids. I ended up with two young boys in my boat, one was 10 and the other was 9. Neither of the boys had ever cast a fly rod. One of the boys had never fished...I learned about all of this in the shop parking lot as I was meeting them. I was NOT prepared to fish two young boys. Fortunately, one of the other guides had a spinning rod in his boat and I gladly grabbed it along with a few maribou jigs. This wasn’t his first kid rodeo
.First of all, these two boys were incredibly well behaved, both of them were very smart and had amazing vocabularies. One of the boys was a straight up assassin with that spinning rod and jig. He crushed everyone in the 4 boat party…if it had been a contest he would have won it walking away. The kid caught 3 fish over 18”! His Family is from TX, he claimed to fish for bass all the time and I believe him. I did a few things that I never do on a guide trip (let the clients row the boat) and we had a blast. Those kids made me better and I will forever have two things in my boat…1- a spinning rod 2- more snacks than you could ever imagine needing.
