Report 12/29

[Paola Cat]

Started at the siren this morning and fished the whole day. Had to wear the neoprene gloves early ... it was a little chilly ... but warmed up well later on. Did well early in the C&R area on chamois worms, brown SJWs, and apricot supreme eggs (w/red dot). The water's up a bit from last week but still clear. Brought to hand 4 browns today ... nothing giant but some nice quality fish. Caught (1) in the C&R and (3) up closer to the "lodge" (store). Ended up with (2) lunker rainbows (20"+) for the day .... (1) in the C&R first thing in the morning on a chamois worm and (1) in the late afternoon upstream from dry hollow on a 4" white bunny .... big dude with a major kype .... took me over the "falls" and into the next hole downstream. That was kind of a freaky deal .... never happened to me before. I was sight fishing with the bunny at the tail end of the pools and crawling it deep at the head of the pools. Not the numbers of last week but the quality was better. Big crowd today. In the afternoon, you couldn't walk the C&R area .... lots of guys trying out what Santa got them I guess. Had a good time and looking forward to getting out again before I've got to go back to work. PC

[ksbass]

PC

Glad you made it back down there. We stopped through on Friday. There were more anglers on Friday than the previous three trips down there. Weather for us was warm and windy! I brought 12 to hand and Seth landed 8, including a nice 3 lber with no help. White marabou midges were the ticket for us. I watched a guy land a nice 8 lber on a Y2K below dry hollow. Then his fishing buddy backed over his rod and smashed it while taking his picture. I loaned him my spare for the rest of the day. He is in the military and headed out to SC for duty and this was his last RRSP for a while. I was glad to help him out.

kbs

[Paola Cat]

KBS .... The one I caught below dry hollow in the C&R was in the 6-7 lb. range (6X). I caught that fish real early .... probably within the first 10 casts. I also had her twin on for awhile a couple of casts later, before the tippet broke. I should have re-tied after the first fish. The one I caught in the afternoon (on the white bunny) was 4-5 lbs (5X). The crowds were huge. Looked almost like a normal "in-season" weekend. In the afternoon, I walked down from dry hollow and couldn't find a place to fish without crowding in on anybody. I turned around and walked upstream all the way to the "lodge". Didn't do much on the dries this time. Took maybe three on a crackleback in the C&R, and a few on griffiths and cream midges for the day. BTW: Those browns I caught were chunks probably around 15". Looks like the weekend is going to turn off chilly .... I'd let to get out another time before getting back to work. PC

[Buzz]

I'm going to come down Friday. Thanks for the reports. I hope I can call up a couple of those big fish like you did PC. Last time I was there I did really well with big bunnies, also site fishing.

Buzz

[Flysmallie]

I should be down on Friday too. If you see a big guy watching a little girl battling a big fish, that would be me!!

[Buzz]

I'll look for you. I'll be the guy wearing a camoflauge FORD ballcap.

Buzz