Nice rainbow this morning 7-10

[netboy]

I took the boat out this morning and ran to a shoal that has been producing a decent hatch of sulphurs and midges in the early mornings. The fish were coming up at 7am when I got there and it lasted until the fog burned off around 9ish. I caught around a dozen rainbows, including this 23" male that put up quite a fight with 3 nice jumps. Also caught 1 average size brown and a golden rainbow, all on a size 16 sulphur dry fly. After the bugs quit, I caught a couple more using a Y2K/ruby midge combo under an indicator.

 

[Quillback]

Nice fish!

Have they stocked goldens again since last year?  Just curious if that one has survived since then or if it is a recent stocking.

[netboy]

28 minutes ago, Quillback said:

Nice fish!

Have they stocked goldens again since last year?  Just curious if that one has survived since then or if it is a recent stocking.

The goldens were mixed in with the normal rainbows and came from Crystal Lake Hatchery. They were paid for by FEMA funds in mitigation for flood damages to the Jim Hinckle Hatchery in 2017. I have not heard of any more stockings from Crystal Lake this year so I guess it is a holdover. With that said, I still see quite a few goldens in the river. They show up like a neon light.

[Quillback]

1 hour ago, netboy said:

The goldens were mixed in with the normal rainbows and came from Crystal Lake Hatchery. They were paid for by FEMA funds in mitigation for flood damages to the Jim Hinckle Hatchery in 2017. I have not heard of any more stockings from Crystal Lake this year so I guess it is a holdover. With that said, I still see quite a few goldens in the river. They show up like a neon light.

I would've bet someone that none of them would've made it more than a year, I would've lost.