Hello all and thanks for checking in. I wanted
to put out a little river report from the last few days. Cat and I fished on
Sunday and found fishing to be really good at times. The first hour and a half
we were on the river the fish were feeding like crazy with several quality fish
to the net. The next two hours were quite frustrating, Cat and I had several
fish almost cornered and they were feeding on the top and we had a heck of a
time matching the midges they were feeding on. The last hour started to pick up
again and then the winds came up and we were ready to go home. Wednesday I had
a pair of never evers on the water and the river blessed them with a little bit
of everything. We had quite a few hookups with a few breakoffs and a lot of
really really smart fish that know how to throw a fly. The first hookup of the
day was a an incredible 19 or 20 inch male that was so close that we could
smell him and then he said “No means No”.
I think Paul and Jeremy are now hooked and I know sleep over the next
few days will include lots of Fish Goggles. We ran into Jim Browning this afternoon
and Jim put on quite a show, every time we looked up he was reeling in another nice
fish. After getting "Bazzingaed" by Jim's very Sheldonesque classic camera prank on the first, I could see why he was so good with his flies.
I have been trying to warn everyone that the
conditions we are seeing right now won’t last long. There is a lot of snow in
the mountains and we will definitely get run off this year. Get out every
chance you can while the river is still giving us its blessings. The BWO’s are
beginning to hatch but just enough to get the fish a little turned on. Hatches
should be on the increase every day until runoff. Flies of the day were the FOD
mid day and a size 24 SOL early and late. As always thanks for reading,
Connell, Cat, Winston and The Drift Fly Shop…….
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