Streamer Express

Got up early saturday, after deciding at 10pm the night before, to go fishing. It was snowing and foggy when we left town. As soon as we hit the mountain valley containing our river, the skies cleared. We hit the water at 8am and never had to clear our eyeletts once. The day had streamers on the menu and we stuck to them all day. Matt was on white, and i was on green. We both turned some great fish and caught our fair share too. Hear are a few picks of one of the better fish of the day. The photo with the net by Matt Guymon.

Well we hit the capital today in support of HB80. It looks a little shaky, the bill seeks to spell out some rulers for the Conaster ruling so that the law works better for all. There still seems to be a long way to go. I even met a fellow flyer who actually reads the crap i write here, thanks, and shoot me an email and we can go fishin sometime. I found a skull in the river this week so i took a few shots with it. enjoy..

Spring Fever.

It seems like things are happening in the river a little sooner than last year. At least some bugs are working earlier. I tied up a mess of rubber leg girdle bugs today. Yesterday on one section of the home water, i had some nice fish taking them. I guess the stone nymphs must be moving and the hungry browns are in no mood to wait. I really like these bugs, its probably because of there size. They are big like a streamer, and as we all know, streamers rule. The prince nymph has really heated up lately as well. There is no way to say for sure, but it sure seems like a lot of new fish are in the rivers, having moved up from the lakes. They say that they are going to start putting those triploid or diploid, cant remember which, into echo. These fish should also grow quick and take on some good girth. Cant wait to see that come about.

Fur n Fire

Fur n Fire, originally uploaded by SoftHacke.

Late January on the Green.

We added a new addition to our fishing line up. Its a 14 ft raft all set up for the river. We couldnt wait to test it out on the green. So we packed up and headed out in the midddle of a storm. The weather broke as we got closer to the river, temps were cold, but we were ready for it. We did a little nymphing, but the primary method was streamers. At one point we were stopped and Randy tied on a small, light bodied, soft hack and swung it to a riser. The fish was a fairly large brown. The first time through he came up and ripped it right off. Didnt even have a chance to set and it was gone. Pounding the shore with streamers paid off big time. In total we probbably took 20-25 fish a day on the meat. Matt had a monster chasing but called the set too early and missed him. We had some other big boys on but for this or that reason we failed to complete the transaction. 16-19 inchers were the average take for this trip. Saw some Elk, plenty of Deer, overall a fun trip.

Sow and a Midge

Sow and a Midge, originally uploaded by SoftHacke.

Amunition for tomorrows trip to the river. I tied my sows last season with purple crystal flash on the back bone, i tied these with the standard peacock stuff. I Usually fish the Black Angus midge, but ive tied a new one using black dubbing and some very small vinyl rib. There is a rumor that someone had a rainbow on yesterday on a stretch we have never seen one on, ill need to try and confirm that. I need to say congrats to all the gang who seem to be getting a lot of national recognition, BG1, Cory, Luke C, And Localwaters801, good work guys...

Browns in the sun

, originally uploaded by SoftHacke.

This was a great day. I took a break and snapped a few shots of Matt and this one turned out best. Since purchasing the canon 17-85 is, ive been frustrated, havnt really got the feel for it yet, ive taken very few good pics with it. I've stuck to it and i may get it figured out yet. In fact, i think this shot was with my 18-55, i had given up on this day.