Fishing Report 5/26-5/27

[BrowningFisherman]

Some might say I'm crazy for trying to fish on the current over memorial day weekend but as my first official paid holiday as a graduate and "adult" I was not going to waste it inside. My fiance had to work on Saturday morning and Monday so we only had an abbreviated holiday but it was good none the less. We got to Baptist Camp about 4:30 on Saturday evening to find an open stretch of river (below all of the swimmers). We fished until 8:30 I caught 6, she caught 2, all rainbows, some better than others. Midges, Prince nymphs, pats rubber legs were the stars. There were many more opportunities but I was the victim of rotten tippet, I ended up breaking off the biggest brown I have ever hooked at the end of our evening. We called it a night but were up early and got to Tan Vat ahead of the crowd. We fished upstream a couple hundred yards catching several, I fooled with the trico hatch breaking off every take that I was able to notice, while she went to taking me to the woodshed with her midge, about 11 we stopped for a sandwich and then headed down stream a ways before deciding we needed to escape the swimmers. About 1 all of the canoes were past Baptist so we hit it hard, again no one was around (surprised again). This time we fished a little farther and caught as many browns as rainbows. Including 1 that I wish I had a camera for. Easily over 2 lbs I was busy fighting in the shallows while she stole my spot and caught another. Ended up losing a big rainbow at the end of our hike but all in all it was a great trip. She is learning to hold her own as she stuck with what was working and had a really good day. I tried some different things, had a big brown snap at an articulated streamer and lots of good follows on the leach. All in all a successful and relaxing weekend considering the numbers of people on the river and the low water right now (as low as I've seen it). Wish I had pictures to share because there were definitely opportunities.

[Nortrad]

Nice work! Bring that camera and check that tippet. Excellent that you had some action with that many folks on the river.