cheeler Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Usually by now I'm off in the mountains but with the high water and extra long weekend I decided to heed the advice of Mike @ Southbow and hit the river by 5 AM to try for my first one on the dry in this river. The evidence looked promising. Shucks everywhere: And stoneflies using my rod to try to pull themselves to spurious safety from the dangers that lurked below: After a couple small ones on a PMD dropper I wasn't expecting much else; I switched to swinging a stonefly nymph through the run without any interest. Next I switched to using a stonefly as an indicator for the smaller caddis hitting the water. The flies were minding their own business over a few feet of water when a sinkhole opened up underneath the stonefly and a battle ensued - she didn't want to run but wasn't going to make this a walk in the park either. After some side pressure and a few expletives under my breath I finally I managed to tame 22" of brown trout: One stonefly that did manage to escape the river in my vest: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrinhurst Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 nice fish dude! Sounds like the early morning fishing is starting.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveM Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Nicely done, Neil; that's a chunky brown! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gustuphson Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 good stuff cheeler! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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