We arrived at the first good hole after a long hike through the woods. The water was low, but looked promising. I set up my buddies at the top of the hole, which usually produced the most fish, while I took the tailend of the pool. We worked the pool for a good 20 minutes with only one short hookup. They decided to head downriver to try the next hole while I stayed and to give the section of river they had justed fish another try. It wasn't long before a brown came out from under the bank and took my bugger. After a short fight I managed to land the fish, a fat 16 inch brown. We continued to make out way downriver and only managed a couple of creek chubs. We got down to the last good hole and I finally hooked up again. The fish had come out of some logs and exploded on my wooly bugger after the first couple of strips. I took the fish downriver to the bottom of the pool where we were able to get it in the net. It was a long male brown close to 21 inches. We let him go and then worked our way back up river without another strike.

August, 2003