Another 1st time in years water

Never been a big fan of the big water but was curious to see how it would fish. went up there to get away from spawning browns so we went to target rainbows and cutts. as it turns out we did get into a few fish but most of them were whities. it was a nymphing game but i did switch to some emergers for some risers that i was seeing, did the best with what i had and it did not produce. switched to a streamer for a while but no bueno there either. it was a very unentertaining long day. . the weather cooperated so that was a plus

Not seen in about 6 years

Matt wanted to check out some water that we hadnt fished in years. a little stillwatrer piece that holds some, at least used to hold some, real nice fish.  it was pretty much a nymphing game consisting heavily on balance leeches. i threw a mouse for a minute but no love. we caught some tigers and cutts and the weather was quite nice once the sun got on the water.

Out to the res

We made the drive over to the res with hopes of mousing a few cutties up. we both got into a few but i think me catching a mouser on my 1st cast was the kiss of death. the rest of the day was pretty damn uneventful, with both of us maybe getting into a couple fish with streamers.

Unexpected

Mightuve seen our 1st redd, not 100% sure it wasnt a large clump of vegetation that let go off the bottom. my guess was a redd though. usually the river is still producing some solid fish right now but aside from matt catching 1 small tiger trout (never seen one in that section) we didnt catch shit. water is pretty damn low though. been a tough fall 

A quick start

I chose to walk down stream this time cause in the past couple years ive found a really big fish in the same run 2 falls in a row. today was not the day. on my down to my starting point i stopped at a favorite run, proceeded to pull 5 fish out of it and 3 of them were 19 inches. i thought this is gonna be an epic day. that ist run was it for the day. caught one small fish in the rest of the river. great start but the beginning of an unproductive fish day

 

Had some family in town

Some of the Idaho family came down so and one of my nephews asked if id take him fishing, hes trying to learn fly fishing. Armed with streamers, he had his chances but his inexperience cost him and i just plain and simple missed/lost mine. maybe next time we wont come away empty handed.

 

Another drop in flows

The flows came back down again after the rains. the flows were down to a little over 100cfs which is pretty good in my opinion, but it was still a little more stained then id prefer. me and matt gave it a go for awhile to see how it would fish. we hardly saw anything although made got into a fish or two. its a bummer cause the previous 2 times i had fished that stretch it was money. was hoping for a repeat but that didnt work out.