Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Posted

After a night of rain Friday night/early Saturday morning I met my guys at their cabin and we talked a little about what the water may do. Everything was great so we decided to hit it. This was NOT a beautiful Spring day, temps started out in the mid 40's and dropped out quickly...add a cold rain and some pretty strong winds to that it you could say it was fairly brutal.

-Floated from ROLF to Blair. The morning started off nicely, catching fish and having hook-ups consistantly. About mid-day we noticed that the water was coming up nicely (not too fast but coming up) and then it got a little dirty and the fishing slowed WAY down. At one point I thought that it really looked and seemed like the water was going down but that didn't last long until it started coming up again slowly. It turns out I was actually right and looking at the graphs that is exactly what the water did. It was a lot like the tailwaters only not so dramatic. ;)

As the water changed so did our style of fishing. I had one guy fishing a NASTY nymph rig with a huge stone and a San Juan Worm and the other guy with a double streamer rig. The double streamer rig (that was being drifted at the time) got a huge take and the fish literally ran 30' in about 4 seconds, one of the most stout runs I have ever seen. Got the fish to the net and it was a super nice 20+" rainbow.

Coppage8.jpg

Coppage11.jpg

Had a great day with a couple of fellow mountain bikers!

Brian

Posted

The river is on it's way down after the weekend...for now at least. Getting REAL good looking.

That net is actually an aluminum CHEAP net. :D I am horrible to nets for some reason.

We caught a few browns when the fish were going crazy on the BWO's but nothing big....little footballs, man they are fat!

Brian

Posted

Brian,

you guys catching very many young of the year trout yet. I've been keeping my eye open for some over here given the spawning action last Nov. Not a lot to report over here yet, how about the NFOW? Many young ones yet?

www.elevenpointflyfishing.com

www.elevenpointcottages.com

(417)270-2497

Posted

Nothing new, probably going to throw a roll bar across the back and call it good for now.

www.elevenpointflyfishing.com

www.elevenpointcottages.com

(417)270-2497

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use.