Sone Low Water .. Finally

[Mike Davis]

Today was the first day since just after Christmas that I got to fish .. and catch. It was also my first day out since my cataract surgery. I got a call from a friend earlier today that the water had been shut off. There was no predicted generation for the Little Red posted for today until this morning. I got to the river and got in a couple hours before the Corps cranked the generators again. Nothing major in either size or numbers but after almost 2 months of waiting .. who cares. I probably ended up with about 12 to 15 rainbows with the biggest one being about 12". I was using the Flyrod Chronicle 3WT again and the hot pink midge and 7X. I did see a guy catch a definite slot brown of about 5 pounds in the run above me. It was last seen swimming happily away. He told me he had caught it on a minnow. As I was leaving JFK tonight, I started up the hill and there was a doe standing there. She was in no hurry to leave .. she just stood there watching me. After the afternoon I had, I was in no hurry either and had a ball just watching her. She finally ambled off the road and stood and watched my truck as I drove away. A neat ending to a peaceful, beautiful afternoon.

Mike