4/5/06 report

[Brian Sloss]

Took the Gibsons from Michigan on a trip in the Drift boat in the blue ribbon area today and it was a beautiful day. There was a call for rain (50%) but it held off and the weather was great. The river looks great right now. We only saw one other canoe. The fishing started off slow, but picked up as the day went on. The first mile and a half was surprisingly slow, but then we picked up our first fish and from there on we picked up fish regularly. we had four or five fish in the 15 inch range give or take and they all looked healthy and fought well. The rest were in the 11-13 inch range with a couple of smaller ones. Mostly we nymph fished with MOATs, Stoneflies, Don's Crawdads, poxy back sparrow numphs, birds nest nymphs, hare's ears, and eggs. Keeping your rig was key. All of the aforementioned flys caught fish at one time or another. Mr Gibson also pounded the bank with woolies and other streamers in some of the longer slower streches and got some strikes, but nothing hooked up. Both caught plenty of fish and a good time was had by all.