Rain has calmed down. Staying near Big Meadow Reservoir which would be very pretty sans smoke. Caught 6 rainbows in 45 minutes at days end giving me a chance to school spin casters who weren't catching anything.
Earlier in the day I hiked to Shaw Reservoir which had thick layer of pea soup slime on it. I thought at first it had been filled up with silt due to wildfire last year. Saw no rises and was about to leave when I asked an elderly couple who were fishing from their camp chairs by the shore if they'd had any luck. Got 2 so far they claimed. So I paused for a bit and began to see rises.
I set up shop and began getting strikes but fish got off in seconds. Eventually, I got a 4 inch cutthroat- my very first! Caught 5 cutbows after that, all 10-12 inches. Stocked but still fun.
I'm off to try south branch of Rio Grande.
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| Wading boot completely fell apart in CO mud! I got way more mileage out of those Cabelas boots than I could've imagined. I knew it was dying but elected not to bring a back up pair. FAIL! |
That's funny how you schooled wormers...wait, you are a wormer sometimes. 6 in 45 minutes must have felt good. These locations seem to be mostly reservoirs vs rivers, surprising. Smoke forecasts for the NW are bad again, more heat coming your way. Are elk hair caddis and similar dries still your goto choice. You're going to have to go to Alaska, Bristol Bay rainbows to get larger fish. That or buy a float plane and learn how to fly it. That sounds really good to me. Meanwhile, what about the Wind River region?
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