Another Quickie

went out the other afternoon since the wife decided to stay in bed for awhile longer i figured id disappear for awhile. it was a very short afternoon and mustered one good fish so i was happy.

Sometimes you get Skunked

and that is fine with me.......as long as its not a regular thing. i will say that sometimes though i just enjoy going out and getting some photos, even if they are not of fish. i will also say that sometimes i think that random photos are just as fun as fish photos.

Brutally Cold

It was probably the coldest day of fishing that i have had since i was stationed in New Mexico and fishing the San Juan river. when we pulled  into the nearest town it was a balmy -14 degrees and it hovered around zero all day. to make matters worse, i forgot my gloves, thermal socks, hoodie and something to cover my face, like my buff or one of my fleece face covers. luckily scott had an extra pair of gloves that he had and let me use, they were life savers. the skies were clear and as luck would have it, there was no wind, which was a true blessing. it was quite a large group that we had but it wasnt as bad as i thought fishing with a large group would be. i mean its not like we were on a small stream or anything, it was quite the opposite. we were able to spread out with ease in groups of 3 or 4 for the most part. as far as the fishing went, there were quite a few fish to be had but mostly smaller fish, 13-17" with a few in the 20" range, but none of the big boys that lurk in these waters. as numbingly cold as it was it was actually a pretty enjoyable day. more then the fishing itself i more so enjoyed bouncing around from group to group and just getting some photos.

Another Long Section

dbone met me at the parking spot for some fishing. as it turned out we had the whole piece of river to ourselves, not even any duck hunters out. the fishing was a bit slow but we both managed a couple of fish. i hate this time of year cause the water always so damn low. as almost always it was another streamer day. we had freezing rain over night but the weather was surprisingly warm. no gloves needed and no ice at all on the guides. my phone was showing the temps were supposed to be around freezing but to us it felt a few degrees warmer.

Another Free Day

I had already gotten on the water when dbone gave me a buzz and wanted to come up and fish. i fished extremely slow so as to give him a chance to catch up. a 2nd day in a row of almost of almost 40 degree temp's and the fish seemed to take notice. not that it was a stellar day by any means but for an early January day it was pretty decent. shane also came up with dbone and between the 3 of us we got into a good number of fish, nothing big but the big fish will be coming.

Just a Couple Hours

only had a couple of hours to fish so just hit up a small section today. caught a small brown on my first cast then lost one my third cast and that was it. didnt move another fish the rest of the stretch.

First day out of 2016

As much as i really didnt care to go out in the freezing cold temp's, i braved it anyway with dbone and scott. plan A was frozen, almost completely over, plan B was the same, plan C also the same but plan D was fishable. the snow, ice and sunrise made for some cool photos and we even managed to streamer up a few fish, small fish but still fish. i bounced at 11:30 but dbone and scott pressed on.