I was on the sheep down stream from Turner Valley about a week and a half ago and I lost my net, so yesterday I decided to go out and and try to find it. The weather looked like it was going to stay clear and boy was I wrong. I got to about the third hole when I stared smelling rain, I looked behind me and she was coming. I figured I would keep fishing until I started getting wet, that was a mistake.
The water was dirty from the last two day of rain so I decided to nymph and pick up some whitefish. So right before the rain hit I hooked into a whitefish, so I thought. After a few minutes of not getting the fish off the bottom I figured it was a bull and I fairly nice one. So by this time the rain has hit and with the rain so did pea size hail! I wasn't going to break off the fish to go find cover. So about 10 minutes later I landed this mid 20's Bull, and sure enough the hail stopped for now. This marked the fist time I caught a bull with a nymph.
The next cast I hooked into either a rainbow or a whitefish, and right as it came to the surface one of the biggest bulls I have ever seen just demolished this fish. I have had bulls chase cutts in the mountain streams before but not like this, usually they chase them around and get them then let go when they see you and so on. This bull hit the fish and went right to the bottom and by the next time I saw him about 10 minutes later he still had the fish in his mouth. he decided to go for a fun and took me to the next pool. After fighting the fish for a bit longer I landed him. I figured to see the other fish in his mouth but instead a size 14 prince hooked into the side of his lip. I figured that the fish got off and the nymph hooked him, but I still cant understand how that happened because the big bull T-bonded the fish so the nymph would be outside of the bulls mouth. So I have no idea how it happened but I am glad to see that it did. The big bull was just over 30. my biggest fish on a fly rod so I was a happy camper. I know that this post is useless with out pics but I didn't bring my camera because I figured I would be catching anything either then Whites.
My very next cast hooked into another bull with the nymph. I am not sure if there stacking up for spawning, but I thought they head up to the falls for the spawn. I stopped fishing that hole because I didn't want to interrupt them. I caught a few more smaller bulls on the nymph down the river but nothing huge.
I didn't end up finding my net and I did get hailed on again on the way back to the truck but a 30ish inch bull to hand sure made me happy I went.
Thanks for taking the time to read.