
We headed down to a favorite hole, a couple of miles
above Blue Mesa Reservoir. We fished the hole for a good 5-10 minutes
without landing any fish. Finally I hook up with a good fish and
it comes off. A couple of casts later I hook up again and have
it fall off. Finally Jerry hooks up and the fish went crazy. It
jumped 3-4 times before heading downstream and falling off. Koaknee!
The pool was full of them, forcing all of the trout out of the
pool. For the next hour we proceeded to hook salmon every couple
of casts and fight them until they were lost down river. I finally
managed to get a small female in and even landed a couple of 14
inch rainbws. Our fun ended when the pool filled up with... suckers.
I think we landed 5-6 each before calling it a day. The kokanee
seemed to go for anything red and the rainbows were caught on San
Juans, pheasant tails, and small chartruese midges. |