FIN-ITE 34
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It has been almost two months since I have had the time to get out for some trout fishing and today I got out on the headwaters of one of my favorite rivers. I arrived at about 8:00 am with the air and water temperature @ 61°F. This section of river has long stretches of overhanging trees, almost tunnel-like that keeps the water cool and shaded from the sun.
My choice for today would be a dry/dropper combo, with the dry being a large Iso with pink parachute and a dropper of either a #16 quill nymph or #16 sparkle emerger. Lucky for me this combination proved to be quite effective for both holdover rainbows and wild browns.
Fish were caught on both the dry and the dropper, with the ratio of about 40% dry and 60% dropper. The takes on both were very aggressive and the fish played well.
This is as far as I fished upstream taking a couple of holdover rainbows from along these rocks.
On my walk back to the car I stopped at a run that I passed by in the morning and one that I had fished on another occasion with good success. It produced again with a mix of rainbows and browns with one brown being the largest fish of the day.
Before leaving the stream at 1:30 I took a water temperature which read 66°F, with an air temperature of 82°F. All in all, it was a beautiful day to finally get out of the dungeon and be on the river on such a beautiful day.
My choice for today would be a dry/dropper combo, with the dry being a large Iso with pink parachute and a dropper of either a #16 quill nymph or #16 sparkle emerger. Lucky for me this combination proved to be quite effective for both holdover rainbows and wild browns.
Fish were caught on both the dry and the dropper, with the ratio of about 40% dry and 60% dropper. The takes on both were very aggressive and the fish played well.
This is as far as I fished upstream taking a couple of holdover rainbows from along these rocks.
On my walk back to the car I stopped at a run that I passed by in the morning and one that I had fished on another occasion with good success. It produced again with a mix of rainbows and browns with one brown being the largest fish of the day.
Before leaving the stream at 1:30 I took a water temperature which read 66°F, with an air temperature of 82°F. All in all, it was a beautiful day to finally get out of the dungeon and be on the river on such a beautiful day.
