I had a few hours to kill before meeting up with Brian so I drove to Deckers to try fishing the S. Platte River. Perfect water levels, comfortable Temps. Tons of pressure but I found a really good stretch that had very steep sides. No action for the first hour but the water looked so darn good I stayed with it. A few rises here and there and suddenly a caddis hatch started and there we rises all around me. I could see 4 good sized fish in shallow water so I cast an elk hair caddis. They'd run right up to it but abandon it.
Switched to yellow Sally but the big 4 weren't interested. Cast further upstream winto a shallow riffle where I could see the tails of trout coming out of the water as they pursued I don't know what. Fish on! Then lost him immediately. A few minutes later a sizable brown took the Sally. Strong fight but he got free after a minute or so.
Another angler cam around the corner fighting a hefty brown. I pointed hi. To the big 4 and he proceeded to catch (and release) all of them! I haven't been humbled like that in decades. He told me what he was using so I chose something similar from my box. Fish on! Lost him right away. Moments later another strike, big rainbow with brilliant colors. Fought him for a minute and he too wriggled free. Exciting action for first outing g.
How does he do it? Fish on for most outings, so outstanding.
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