11/14/08

[Brian Sloss]

Took a couple of guys, Kurt and Zach out in the drift boat. Both guys got around 20 fish landed, most of them between 12-13 inches. Kurt landed one hog, a 19 inch male that was about as round as he was long. Stoneflies with egg droppers were great, with the egg being hit probably 80% of the time. Of course being deep was key. We did see spawning redds here and there, some with fish on them. We didn't fish them and I encourage others not to as well. Those sows can get pretty weak when on the redds and don't need any more stress, plus I would like to see maximum production out of their spawning activity as we do see some successful reproduction. We did come along one spot where there were about 4 redds in a row and three different sows at work and lots of other trout running around. We just stopped and observed from the boat and had a blast. Real cool to see.