Chou in for a Visit

So I've known brian chou from the washingtonflyfishing.com site for the past 11 years. a few years back we had arranged a meet and greet on the deschutes but unfortunately as i was on my way i had to come back home for an emergency situation. well he messaged me about a month ago saying he was coming in for a business type conference and wanted to hook up for some fishing. the other day i picked him up from the airport and after a license, straight to the river. water still had a little stain but looked good. we didn't fish up as far as i had planned but that was cause the fishing sucked, although in the first few casts chou did land his first utah brown and as usual on a streamer, he was stoked! we chose to get out and maybe head upstream a bit. i quick stop for some gas station food and off. we walked down from where i parked to some pocket water and it was kickn' right off the bat. we each landed 2-3 out of the pockets and surrounding water. i issed, 3 times in the same small pocket, a pig of a  brown. the 3rd time i finally hooked up but after a couple of heads shakes he spit my meat. as we fished up, pocket by pocket, i landed another beautiful brown. it was actually the only fish we caught that had any fall colors to it. i was standing there re-attaching my streamer as chou pounded pockets, i saw him stepping over a big rock, i looked down at my knot, i looked back up and there was chou taking a swim break.  all i saw was his head sticking out of the water. i chuckling inside at first but when he took his camera out of his waders, all i could think was.....man that fucking sucks. his phone was toast as well. i offered to call it a day but he quickly nixed that idea. we got into a few more fish the way up and after it got dark we decided to call it a day. brian's a cool kat and it seemed he had a good time. u know, i really thought he'd be taller. :)

Irrigation Season is Over

We had high hopes after our last outing out there but the night before we fished the irrigation water had been redirected into the river which made for high and off color flows. it was even higher sometime thru the night cause you could see on the shoreline where the water had receded 10-15 ft. i blame the water flux within 24hrs before we fished it, for the shabby fishing. myself and dbone  each caught one fish and that about summed up the day. oh well shit happens.

Found Some Clear Water

After all the rain we had this weekend i wasn't sure about finding some fishable water. dbone had fished yesterday and said that all the moving water they drove by had blown out from the rains. well i did manage to find a piece that was still clear. i got to the river before dbone so i fished a higher section for about an hour and got into a good amount of fish on a white sex parakeet streamer. when dbone text me that he was getting close i packed it up and headed to meet him. the fishing started off slow but really started to pick up around noonish. we got into a few nice fish before dbone hooked in to an absolute tank, we got a really good look at his buttery goodness size when  he came flying out of the water. during the short fight dbones fly line got tangled around his reel and reel seat and the slab snapped off the streamer. that was tough to watch and even tougher for dbone. after a few more fish he roped into another pig. this one was a little smaller ten the one he lost but it was still the best all around fish i've ever seen come out of that water. around 23" and/but the girth was insane. it was a very impressive fish. i was taking some pics for him with his camera when i felt the cold chill of the river working its way down my waders. i had got real low to the water to get the shot i wanted but ended up getting to low and of course my camera had to be tucked in my waders and ended up getting wet. my camera was done for the day after that. i really wanted some pics of that fish but unfortunately never got a chance to get any with my camera. hopefully it will be working tommorrow for some brookies.

Gotta Love Weekdays

I love fishing during the week cause the people hatch is pretty minimal. i gave ali a choice between school or fishing and as i knew she would she chose fishing. the weather needs to hurry and and cold so that all the damn algae will die off. the river is still full of it so it makes fishing kind of tough. i still moved a decent amount of fish but only mustered to hook up with two. one of which i let ali fight and land.

Uintas....Changing of the Seasons

Took a solo trip in the uintas today. i was disappointed to see that the lake was still full. this is to fall seasons in a row that the lake has remained full. prior to last year, at this time the lake was always down considerably, with about 20-30 feet of shoreline all the way around. it has always fished much better for me when the water is lower. today, as i feared was a slow day but on the bright side my first fish was an absolute football. me and the wife have pulled a couple of bigger fish out of here but this was the thickest one i've seen. 15-16 inches and girthy as all get out. the pics don't do it justice cause trying to take solo pics i have to hold it with one hand which requires some belly squeazing and these brookies have soft bellies. trust me when i say it looked just like a football. of course starting off with the hog of the day leaves everything less then stellar. the other fish were all pretty typical for that body of water which is just fine with me.

A Late Afternoon Day

Went out with jake for a few hours after i played taxi for a bit. didn't get on the water till about 1ish and the fishing was definately sub-par. i think the fish are in a transition period with the water temps cooling down. i threw streamers and jake threw dries and i was out fished 4-1 or something like that. on a positive note, colors are starting to change signifying that fall is coming.