Northward bound

Myself and willow embarked on an early morning drive headed over to see some water i havent fished in a few of years. after over an hour drive on bumpy ass dirt roads i got top the stream i went to fish but i noticed on the lower stuff that now it is posted as ranch property. wasnt posted at all the last time i was there. fortunately the upper stuff wasnt posted so i fished some of that water. fished ok but a lot of good looking water seemed void of fish, at least nothing interested in what i was throwing. i still landed a few fish and had numerous other chances. the weather was great at 1st but a little before i packed it up the wind picked up to much for my liking. beautiful area

Was a little better

Went out again to throw some dries again. the fish cooperated fairly well so we did manage to find a few fish. the weather was good except for the wind.

 

A disturbance in clarity

Me and matt took the drive over to the river and although we got their roughly a 1/2 hour later then we had intended, we both woke up a bit late, i was surprised that someone beat us there. 1st come 1st serve. he told us where he was going and we had to adjust where we were gonna start since his plan was the same as we had planned. we fished thru some good water with minimal fish seen, we didn't see the amount of fish we normally do.  we managed a couple of fish but they didn't seem overly interested in our offerings. after fishing for awhile all of a sudden the water went straight brown. their were some big rigs working in the area and as it turned out there was a big cat (tractor type) in the river placing big boulders in the river to improve trout habitat. we talked to the supervisor for awhile and he explained to us the project they were doing and gonna continue to do in certain stretches. anyway that alleviated a lot of normally good water for us. we got above the river work but the fishing never amounted to much. matt got a couple more decent cutthroat but over all the fishing sucked. 

Cured an itch

Me and Matt drove a little ion the other direction to see some water that we havent hit since last year. it fished pretty decent but it was all, but one, on streamers. i did muster one cuttie when we came acrossed a run that had a few risers. i landed a real nice brown and matt a banger of a cutt. the weather was great and although i would have rather caught them on dries, im happy the streamer bite was solid. 

Something different

Decided to take willow out to the big lake to get in some cardio, swimming and stick fetching. i brought my rod so i could make some casts while mixing in puppy time. willow got more then wore out and i caught a solid bass, smallie i think.

 

In search of Cicadas and Green Drakes

The cicadas were out in full force but the drakes were no where in sight. the water was actually in a little better shape then i was picturing. the 1st piece of water i hit didnt produce damnit but the 2nd piece relinquished a few fish including one big ass brown. i say big ass cause the creek in most places was only about 6ft wide or so. got 1 on a cicada and the rest were on green drake patterns. turned out to be a productive morning.

  

Back for 2nds

Went back to last weeks spot with hopes of the fishing getting better for awhile. again, it was decent although we didnt see fish for about an hour or 2, which was very odd. we did finally starting to find some fish again, although not on the pace as earlier in the morning, but we got into a few more farther up. there were a few drakes coming off early but we caught a hatch later in the day. there were also a small numbers of golden stones coming off as well. there was a lot of active feeders but they appeared to be focusing on emergers. all in all it was another solid day.