We arrived early in Lincoln Park and soon spotted fish moving in and out of the shallow water. We began casting in the shallow riffles and it wasn't long before I was hooked up. The big brown rolled on the surface, but I had it fouled. I managed to pull my hook loose and as I was getting ready to cast out again I noticed a monster female brown sitting right behind my leg. I tried to get her to take a fly, but she has no interest in my fly. I called the rest of the group over and soon Jessie hooked into a nice female brown close to 26 inches. The rest of the morning was fairly slow with an occasional fish coming up out the deeper water, but returning after a couple of casts. Justin hooked into a monster fish that way lying right next to the wall. It was a big 33 inch male hook-jaw brown. It was a pretty fish with bright orange sides and was still fresh. In the afternoon I decided to head up river and try fishing the pools in Colonial. Jessie and I each had one hook up, but still no fish outside of a 6 inch smolt. I fished up at the dam in the evening with only one hookup but no fish.

I started the next morning at the dam and quickly landed a nice 16 inch brown. The fish were active, but I was unable to get any more fair hook-ups. We headed back down to Lincoln and I took off scouting in Island Park. I went to one of my favorite riffles and sure enough, there were two monster males sitting in the tail end of a pool. I managed to hook the larger of the two fish and took off downstream with it. After a short fight I landed the fish, a 34 inch male brown. As I was releasing the fish I spotted another pod of 4-5 fish holding in a lower riffle. I called Jessie down and after a couple of casts he tied into the female. She was a fat hen brown full of eggs and pushing 30 inches. I continued to work down river and spotted another female up on a sand bar. I got her to take the fly and she got all rolled up in my line as she tumbled down river. I managed to get her up on shore, but the line broke as I ran down to her and she swam off across the river. As I was walking down river I spotted the white camero we have grown familiar with. MP was up fishing Island park with some of his buddies. We chatted for a short while and he headed up river to try the deeper water. I continued to work my way down river and was soon tied into another male. He took off up stream and after another short fight I managed to land this fish. He was another fat male, close to 31 inches. I returned to Lincoln Park and after fishing the stretch of water near the steelhead facility, I return to find Justin and Ben. Justin had just landed a monster 36 inch brown and Ben had also landed another big male close to 31 inches. We tried for one last female that we had seen flashing is a deeper pool, but were unable to get her to take a fly. The water was low, around 70 cfs and the water temperature was 35-36 degrees for most of the weekend. We had better success downgrading flies to the smaller stuff, mostly small egg flies and stonefly patterns.