Took willow out for some exercise

Drove over to Pineview hoping to get into something but was also unsure of the water levels. got there and as i feared the lake is full and the water line is up in the trees and bushes so there was no shore line to walk which made the fishing aspect of the morning very short lived, but i did hpwever see a couple of cruising musky but couldnt get any love. Willow however was having a blast cause the 2 places where there was just a smidge of shore she got to run around and pick of sticks and she got a good swim in playing fetch for awhile. she was exhausted at the end of it all.

 

The rains caught up to the river

Even though all the flows around these parts were high i went to check out a particular section and to my surprise it looked money. i didnt even rig up before walking to the river cause i made my doubts that the river would look good. had Willow out with me to learn more about being a river dog and other then the 1st time she had to cross the river, she did real good. she had never seen, smelled or tasted a fish but she got in plenty of that this day. the fishing ended up being pretty bad ass and one of my best days in awhile. in my opinion the weather was a plus all day as it rained the whole time i was out which kept most of the riff raff away.

 

In between the rains

Me and matt found a stretch that neither of us had fished in maybe 2 yrs. the flows dropped into perfect shape and we did manage to get into a good number of fish. weather was perfect as was the water

A quick morning

Myself and matt drove upstream to try and find some water that wasnt just a piss trickle. we found a small section and managed a few fish out of it. it certainly didnt fish as good as it looked but thats the way it often goes

Nephew was in town

My nephew was in town for a couple of days and was anxious to fish so i took him out for a few hours in the morning. he has only tried fly fishing a couple of times and that has only been with me. we threw streamers and he ended up landing a small fish his 1st cast. small or not he had never caught a fish on a fly rod so we were both super stoked. he ended up catching 4 and missing a few others. he was so excited and i was glad that he was able to get into some fish

Back in shape again

After another couple days of heavy rain the rivers were high and chocolate, high enough to make some substantial changes in the river at spots. it looked like i was the 1st one there since the river dropped back into shape which had only been maybe a couple of days before. the water looked great although it was a little lower then id prefer but it was still money and the fish were on the move. the weather was great, the river was in good shape and i got into a lot of fish so it was a fun day.

Fishable again

Between the current high chocolate waters and the last, we caught a day where the river had become fishable. the weather was great but i dont feel the river fished as good as the river was. flows were perfect and the water had some stain but plenty fishable. it didnt fish bad so thats a plus. enjoyable day