Shutdown

Got up early so that i could start at the res tossing some big stuff. really wasnt sure how my casting shoulder would hold up throwing an 8 weight around since i hadnt since my shoulder surgery. it held up fine. cruised the shoreline for only about an hour and a half. got kind of bored with it so headed to the river ealier then i had planned. fished thru a section and had a lot of risers when me and matt fished thru a couple days earlier. didnt see a single riser on the naturals but did get a single cuttie to come up and eat my dry. it was a shitty day of catching

Back to the small stuff

Matt invited me to take the rest of my friday off so i did. he fished a smaller stream with smaller gear and although it was inconsistent. we hit a few runs just right and got into quite a few fish. nothing exceptional on the catching side but very entertaining none the less. weather was hot and sunny

A hot morning

The stormy weather had come thru during the night and it was raining when i woke up, a perfect morning to throw streamers. i drove up river a ways and found a spot with no one on it. i dont fish it much but it started off shit hot for about the 1st 100 yards and then it fizzled, 2 19's and a 22" fish. i continued to fish upstream, every so often getting onto a fish.  but then decided to drive over the pass to fish some smaller water. the weather was just starting to clear when i got there and only ended up fishing a small section to no avail.

Summer streamers

The flows had dropped to a fishable level and with the storms that have been rolling thru, i was not feeling dries. i hit an inconsistent section for me but a section that can produce some big fish. i fished up to my 2nd take out spot and then made the long jaunt back. the weather held and i did i manage to muster a few fish.

Shitty weather

makes for some great streamer fishing. this day wasnt one of those great shit weather fishing excursions. the water had cleared up a bit which was good compared to the week before but i still didnt get into many fish. moved a handful and landed a couple small fish, but 1 one was a cuttie so thats always extra cool points.

Back to the creek

Since the week before didnt fish overly well and the water was still a tad high, me and matt decided to head out there one more time for the year. the water had come down over the week, the weather was good and the drake hatch was kick ass. it fished better this 2nd time around and we saw a few big fish that were sitting a little lower in the creek. we ventured up higher then matt had ever and ended up being on the water for about 10hrs total. it was an exhausting day.

The creek that shall not be named

 Hooked up with matt at way to early thirty. we actually got to the creek a bit early and it was still chilly enough that my hands were aching from the chill. the fishing started off quite slow for the 1st almost 1/2 of the day but did eventually pick up a bit. we got some decent fish and saw a few studs. certainly wasnt as good as the 1st time i fished it a couple years ago, but it was still kick ass.

2 rivers

Went out in the morning to throw streamers. started off in one section fishing all the way the last stopping point. got into a good amount of fishing while landing a few. then drove over to another piece up river and it did not fish near the same. think i only saw a couple of fish. after i finished that piece. i did not feel like heading home yet and had my #4 in the jeep so i heading over the pass to fish a smaller river. the fishing sucked throwing just dries but did manage to find a nice mayfly hatch.

Caught in the storm

The weather rolled around for a few days but i decided to check the river and with the shitty weather it meant streamers for me.  the water was a bit high and had some color but still looked pretty good. i got hammered by rain and hail for about 15 minutes. i ended up moving quite a few fish but only landed a handful of 15-16 inchers. entertaining.

Salmonflies

Im a couple weeks behind on posting. a couple weeks ago i met matt after work to see if we could get into the salmonflies. we found a few adults but could tell we were a bit early.  couldnt get any fish to eat either, but at least the weather was nice. that always counts for something

Couple hrs in the morning

got to the river to meet up with a buddy. there was some other dude there gearing up, he came over and talked to matt and told matt that he usually tenkaras but today was gonna try his luck with with a tiny ass spin rod and a worm. cool....me and matt walked down stream quite aways and fished our way back up to the vehicles. the weather was overcast and a bit breezy. the river didnt fish well but we managed a couple of fish