Golf got canceled because of frost so I went fishingView attachment 515
was out a bunch this past week and only connected with one bull trout.
Well, it was around 2:30 on a very easy to access run so I imagine I wasn't the first guy through. Keep at it, a guy just never knows.Way to go! I was out a bunch this past week and other than a dolly and some rocks....I didn't do jack
Ha! No kidding...good for you...you must have done something good in a previous lifeWell, it was around 2:30 on a very easy to access run so I imagine I wasn't the first guy through. Keep at it, a guy just never knows.
Same thing happened to me on the N.F. Wednesday.Ya never know. I was swinging a run earlier this week and a raft went through and they got a smallish super bright hen right off the bank at the very tip top of the run on a pink worm under a float. I was happy for them--told myself the only way to get a fly presentation to that fish would've also been from the boat and that wasn't what I was doing. So there's a couple around, at least. Here's your second-hand verification.
While I didn't see any caught this past week, I did talk with some nice guys in a drift boat....said they went 1 for 4 the day before. Gets one all giddy knowing they're out thereYa never know. I was swinging a run earlier this week and a raft went through and they got a smallish super bright hen right off the bank at the very tip top of the run on a pink worm under a float. I was happy for them--told myself the only way to get a fly presentation to that fish would've also been from the boat and that wasn't what I was doing. So there's a couple around, at least. Here's your second-hand verification.
Can even motivate one to get up early to get first water.While I didn't see any caught this past week, I did talk with some nice guys in a drift boat....said they went 1 for 4 the day before. Gets one all giddy knowing they're out there
I remember 6 or 7 years ago I was walking down to the most fished fly water on the river and ran into two buddies on the way out. They said they fished the run and it was good but no fish. I walked down and hooked a fish right at the top of the run. You never know how a person covered the water and fish have tails.Ha! No kidding...good for you...you must have done something good in a previous life
The last one I got, which was a lifetime ago, was about that same time of day....so much for my OCD compelling me to get up early and be the first one through a run
Always a good reminder....and I had a guide tell me once of a study she read that indicated steelhead tended to move every 7 minutes.You never know how a person covered the water and fish have tails.
It was my second time out so I do to.Nice Chris! Really happy for you to get one on your home water.
I've met four early natives so far this season including one in my backyard (literally) so I feel like I'm playing with house money at this point.View attachment 776
It is wild how many people still just immediately wade out to their waist, strip off 80 feet and huck it out there. I dunno, I guess you paid for those G4Z's, gotta get your money's worth!I remember 6 or 7 years ago I was walking down to the most fished fly water on the river and ran into two buddies on the way out. They said they fished the run and it was good but no fish. I walked down and hooked a fish right at the top of the run. You never know how a person covered the water and fish have tails.