An absolutely amazing day

Matt has permission to fish a nice little stream that flows into a semi local reservoir and had invited me to join him. ive fished water coming out of the res but not the water flowing in. it absolutely did not disappoint. numerous bugs were hatching, caddis, mayflies and cicadas. the river is full of pocket water with some open flats, tight spaces that required no shortage of bow and arrow casting. we caught cutts, cuttbows and browns. this creek at times contains some exceptionally large fish, pushing the 30" mark. we took several browns that were 18-19 inches and most fish were in the 15-17 inch range. it was an all day dry fly affair. beetles, hoppers, stimi's and of course a purple haze. aside from being a bit breezy at times, the weather was pretty damn perfect. i dont know if i'll have a more kick ass day the rest of the year. as a bonus, we ran into a rattler on the side of the dirt road on the way out.

A quick hour

landed one, moved/missed several

A bit of travel

3 of us made a lengthy drive south to fish some stillwater. both streamers and mice produced a decent amount of fish including a couple over 20" but no real monsters. matt caught a really nice tiger and everything other then that were browns. since i drove solo, on the way home i decided to stopp by the river for an evening mouse session. landed one really nice brown

While the others slept...

...I crept out of the house and headed to the river for a couple of hours. 1st time its been fishable in awhile and it didnt disappoint. only fished a short section but saw some really nice fish. of course the bigger ones i hooked up with i lost....so it goes. i did cut my morning just a smidge short cause the flows got bumped up on me and the debris started flowing to much to deal with

The Meadows

Took my daughter for a drive to the mountains as kind of a recon trip. just curious if the lakes had thawed yet. they are all thawed in that area and we hit a few of them for a very short time each. it was a pretty windy and cold day but it was nice to be in the mountains again.

A busy week

Fishing that is. once again after work i headed out for an hour or two. caught one solid fish right off the bat then i didnt land anything else. i did miss 4 other fish that were all real solid

Making a few casts

After work i drove over to the river for a few to practice my casting.