A Big Bug Kind of Day

It was a day filled with bugs, big bugs, medium bugs and little bugs. the cicadas were extremely thick,the caddis were even thicker, the salmon flies were off the chain and the skwalas or goldens, not sure which even made a showing. my main purpose on the day was to hopefully capture some salmon flies emerging from their shucks. that didn't happen but just as good i got a bunch of shots of cicadas doing the same. it was more bugs then i had ever seen at one time. unfortunately the fishing was not so good. chris did alright but i think i actually spent more time looking for and taking pics of bugs. what an awesome big bug day.

Another Slow Day

The water looked great, a tad high but still looked great. well apparently the fish just weren't feeling it, cause they just didn't really show up. in a river full of big fish we only mustered a handful of small fish. actually dbone did finally catch a decent one, but the fishing was pretty disappointing and uncharacteristic. there were tons of caddis out but not a single riser. i'd be willing to bet that if we were nymphing we would have done a bit better

Will Have to Wait Till The Water Subsides

Theres been a few times that i have fished this section when the flows have been up a bit and it has never fished well at those times and today was no different. i got one but other then that we didn't even hardly move anything

A Short Minute

Went out for a couple of hours to throw mice but moved nothing so switched to a streamer and got into a few fish.

Stellar!

What a morning on the river, one of the best i've ever had there. when i woke up i was kind of undecided on what i wanted to do, as far as where i was gonna fish. i had a doctors appt. this morning which i decided not to go to cause it would cut into my fishing time. i decided on my destination and as i was hoping, no one was there when i pulled in. in the first 1/2 hour i landed 2 fish that measured 19" and 1 that was 22".  the fishing never slowed down, i was railing fish after fish and one of the bigger fish happened to be the thickest fish i had ever landed there. it's funny to me that i almost packed it up to head elsewhere cause the water was high but i decided to stick with it. it wasn't real high but i thought it would be easier to fish elsewhere. it was a great morning not only due to the amount of fish but also the quality of fish. it was the best i'd seen it in a long long time. i only ended up being on the water for about 3hrs. cause i ran into someone on his way down. either he accessed the river illegally or he was one of the maintenance guys just doing a little fishing. i figured he parked along the highway and accessed by the railroad tressle but when i asked him about it he said he did not access there. i kind of think he was full of shit but who am i to say. when i came acrossed him i was actually getting close to being done. i wanted to get to a certain point but didn't quite make it. oh well it was a killer few hours.

It's Been a Minute....

Since me and pat have hooked up for some water work. it was a beautiful day on the water, even though pat got completely shut out. he didn't even move a single fish. pat is not accustomed to streamer fishing and unfortunately it showed today. he ties a mean streamer but just hardly ever fishes them. the water had come up quite a bit since last week but i still got into quite a few fish. the voodoo queen in rainbow and white with a dark green head was killin it today. the only real blemish on my day was towards the end of it. i was fighting a fish and making my way acrossed the river so pat could get some shots. i landed it took some pics and then decided was gonna cross again so i could continue pound the bank. i took a few steps in the water but thought that nope this is getting to deep. i was waist deep and made an attempt to get back on the shore and slipped, resulting in the current grabbing my legs and turning me feet first heading downstream. i floated down about 10 feet before i could finally stand up again. needless to say i was soaked, my camera and phone got a little wet but after a little bit still worked. pat was walking upstream along the bank when i took this fall and happen to turn around and said all he could see was the top of my back pack and was wondering where the rest of me was, before he realized i was swimming.