Report 6-24-07

[Brian Wise]

Fished 2 guys last week for 2 days. Day one we floated from ROLF to Blair. Hardly saw any bug activity and the fish were pretty hard to pattern. Started off nymphing one guy and the other swinging a soft hackle which is pretty much my set-up on a 2 person trip, I usually don't want to start the day with both people fishing the exact same set-up with the exact same flies....easy to miss something that way. Several takes at Old House, blanked at the Rock Garden, several takes at the Corner. The bite did pick up when we threw a San Juan Worm.

Day 2 put in at Kelley Ford and rowed up to Rainbow Spring. Pretty much right off the bat landed a 15" bow but still not the numbers I was looking for for this time of the year at the spring. Pulled a nice little bow from Hensley.

Day 2 1/2 had a half-day trip after the end of the second day. Decided to make the same float that we floated that day from Kelley to ROLF. I was actually really looking forward to this trip because it was an evening half-day trip and those are usually pretty good fishing trips. Started the fishing at McKee Bridge and caught a fairly nice 16" bow, moved downstream to Hensley and caught a coupld young of the year and another better rainbow. Switched to a bead-head Crackleback right at dark and got hit after hit at Rainbow Alley.

Best flies were pretty much the San Juan Worm, Red Fox Squirrel Nymph, Crackleback, and Copper Johns.

Brian

[BrianK]

Good report.

sounds like they are being a little fussy.

Haven't been down in a while but by the gauge, looks like flows are lower than i would have expected...how's the river lookin?

[Brian Wise]

Brian,

The river is looking pretty good. The moss isn't anywhere near what it usually is this time of year. Having said that though the water is pretty low. But what we really have to remember is that the river is really wide so if you look at CFS, if the river is low a couple hundred CFS it only matters by a couple of inches in "depth"....either way I would like to see the river up quite a bit more than it is.

Brian