We parked in the lot off of County Rd. U and took
a look over the bridge at the river. It looked like it was running
a little low, but downriver looking promising. The lot was empty,
so we didn't know what kind of fishing to expect. We took a short
hike through the woods until we finally found a stretch downriver
that looked promising. There were a couple
of boulders at the head of the pool with a faster tailend. I
began working the top of the pool and continued to make my way
downriver. I got about half way down when my indicator disappeared.
I
jerked
expecting
to be snagged up on the bottom, but to my surprise my line took
off downriver. After a short fight and a couple of leaps, I landed
the fish. It turned out to be a bright red rainbow close to 13
inches.
I let
the fish go, wondering
if it was a fluke, but was quickly proven wrong as we continued
catching fish. We ended up pulling 7-8 fish out of the pool,
all rainbows
except for one ten inch brown. We continued working downriver
but didn't manage any other fish. We tried another section of
river, but only managed to catch creek chubs. We caught most
of the fish on red San Juan worms, but also caught fish
on pheasant
tails
and lightning bugs. |