More of the same

Meaning, low winter flows and streamers. the fishing started off promising up to the point where i expected it to pick up. instead it pretty much shut down which was very disappointing. got into a handful of fish, landing a few of them

 

A quick morning

 Went out locally for a short morning and managed to move a few fish.

South bound and down

Myself, matt and logun took a drive. the weather cooperated for the most part but the fish werent in quite yet. matt got a couple, logun landed 1 and i got the finger.

Warmer temps

We had a few days of warmer temps so i took advantage of a section that doesnt get much sunshine when im out. it didnt quite fish as well as i had hoped, most water dont i guess, but i got into a few fish. the temps were still pretty cold early in the morning but then it did start to warm up as i was getting close to calling it. moved a couple bigger fish but could not arrange a meet and greet.

Day 3 of batcheloring it up

Met up with matt at a familiar stretch. the water in this area is in the best fishable shape compared to the rest of the river. it didn't fish as well as we had anticipated but that seems to happen a lot. anyway we got into a fair amount of fish including a couple of studs so it was all good and the weather cooperated so that is always a plus. on a side note i did land one that had a mostly decomposed little fishy in its throat. i always find that cool for some reason

2nd day the wife is gone

Didnt get out till about 0830 but luckily i didnt see anyone on the river. fished a familiar stretch as it was the best looking water at that time. the weather was pleasant enough for a mid feb morning. the fishing was decent with a lot of the fish i caught were showing a lot of gold colors on them. 

 

3 days of bacheloring

My wife left last thursday and was gone for a few days out of state so basically it was just me. couldnt pass on the opportunity to fish 3 days in a row. went out last saturday and fished up close to the diversion. was a pretty decent day weather and fishing wise. didnt catch anything big but did have a 2 footer chase my streamer into the shallows then turned off. finished my day with a 20 incher but she was pretty skinny. there were also quite a few bugs walking the snowy river banks. lots of midges and little winter black stones

 

A little off color

Went out for a couple of hours with Matt. the fishing is still a tad slow for us but it will pick up soon, till then we continue to pick a few fish up here and there.

Something new and different

I fished a section that ive only ever fished maybe a 1/2 dozen times and got up farther then i ever have to that was cool to see some new water. the fishing sucked right above the bridge where i put in but once i got to a certain pojnt the fishing started to pick up. i landed around a dozen fish so that was pretty nice. no big fish though, most everything was in the 15-16 inch range

1 Good Run

Me and matt decided to walk down from the bridge and then fish our way up. it was pretty slow except for one particular hole/run, which we managed to pulled 5 fish out of. as we got to the bridge it was still a little early so we fished our way above the bridge a little bit. the water had been great all morning, but with it being the 2nd day of warm weather we knew it was only a matter of time before the creeks started spewing chocolate. as we approached the 1st creek that dumps in above the bridge, the water was still clear till we got to the last hole before the creek and then the chocolate finally caught up to the river. the river was shit the whole walk down to the bridge. we hit the river just in time

A warm spell...

Kicked in last wknd and it was nice to not have to break off ice, wear gloves and use hand warmers.  the snow melt/mud from the 2 days of warmer weather hadnt caught up to the river yet so that was good. the fishing was slow

A meat morning

Went out for a couple hours in the morning which seems to have become to standard during the winter, as opposed to fuller days out. the older i get the harder it is on me to do the full dayers. anyway got into a couple fish. fishing is still at winter pace but should start shifting before to long

A little different stretch

I had planned on fishing up but decided since i hadnt seen the downstream stuff in a couple of years i decided to walk down and then fish my way up. i hit a couple runs on the way down and landed a couple of fish. once i got to the point of starting my way up, i nailed a few fish in the deep slow stuff and got into a few more fish on my way back up to my jeep. nothing big but a fun couple morning hours

Not today

Couldnt decide where i wanted to fish or if i even wanted go out in the cold but i made it out for a short hour, maybe 2. that section has been fishing well in spots but not today. only moved 2 fish and landed 1 of them. nothing of note but still holding good colors on this young buck

 

Solo

Went to look at some lower water and see what was going on. as i figured the water was still a little low, but i managed to get into fish throughout the morning so it kind of fished better then i had expected. it was a beautiful morning out as well

2025 is under way

went out on the 1st and got into a few fish and landed this one here which was my 1st of 2025. the temps were a balmy 30 degrees which wasnt to bad for a jan morning.