
After a 20 minute walk down to the river through
a cow pasture, we were really hoping the river would have some
fish in it. We weren't disappointed when we came up the first
hole and saw 8-10 trout holding in it. We fished the first hole
down
to the confluence with the Colorado. I landed one small rainbow
and Rob landed a nice 16 inch rainbow in the lower section. Jerry
and I headed back up river in search of some better holes. I fished
a couple of holes, but without much success. I caught up with Jerry
and he had already landed 4 fish and had another one on. He had
found the honey hole and was catching browns on every cast. I left
him to his hole, deciding I would head upriver as far as I could
go and then work my way back down. I found one really nice hole
and after catching a couple of small fish on top, I decided to
switch to a red midge and miracle nymph. First cast behind a boulder
produced a monster rainbow. I got one jump out of it before my
hook popped out, leaving me in disbelief. I took a couple more
casts in the same hole, but it wasn't interested. I found another
huge rainbow close to 25 inches, but it was tucked under a boulder
and I couldn't get a fly down to it. We all caught tons of fish
and they weren't picky. We even finished the day picking them off
with dries, all of us in the same hole. Midges, Black Beaties,
Pheasant Tails, Prince Nymphs, and San Juans all produced. Adams
and BWO's all caught fish on top. |