Getting Settled in Nevada

I've had a pretty busy summer and haven't been able to get out to fish as much as I want to, like most. But realizing that the summer was quickly drifting away, I headed out on the local creek for a quick post-work session. I was teaching a new friend how to fly fish, but he got the double nymph rig wrapped around the rod so I gave him a dry fly rig and sent him down the river a bit. He had been fishing a deeper hole, and after I untangled the rig I kept fishing where he was but extended my drift further down. I saw the bobber dive and set the hook only to see this monster flop out of the water and start making charging runs up and downstream. My buddy ran over and after a good fight, he helped net it, but in doing so, he lost his footing and completely dunked in the deeper pool. Even though he was completely submerged - head underwater, he held the net aloft and the fish remained in it, thankfully. It turned out to be my personal best brown trout. I bought him a 6-pack of 805 for his dedication






it was the kind of fish that gets you re-addicted to fly fishing after a short hiatus.

 

[Skol_Engh]

I took a Monday off and drove down to check out a pretty famous river in the area. The water has been high all season but because the levels had leveled off I figured the fishing had to be decent as fish would have settled into haunts. Had a good amount of success nymphing but ended the day wading down the middle of the river and hitting bank shots with a big dolly lama. Ended the day hooking into this slabby rainbow that I had to chase downstream to net.





He was hanging out in the middle of the river:

 

[Robert Engleheart]

Nevada has some great fishing.

 

[Brute]

Have you settled in northern Nevada?…

 

[Robert Engleheart]

Smaller of two tigers taken in Nevada over a couple days, bigger one was released without a picture but was 6” longer, length x girth2 was 18#’s. I love the high desert.

 

[Buzzy]

I took a Monday off and drove down to check out a pretty famous river in the area. The water has been high all season but because the levels had leveled off I figured the fishing had to be decent as fish would have settled into haunts. Had a good amount of success nymphing but ended the day wading down the middle of the river and hitting bank shots with a big dolly lama. Ended the day hooking into this slabby rainbow that I had to chase downstream to net.

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He was hanging out in the middle of the river:

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Well done, Peter!! Call me jealous!

 

[Bambooflyguy]

Same here! Beautiful water and fish…..

 

[troutstalker]

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Smaller of two tigers taken in Nevada over a couple days, bigger one was released without a picture but was 6” longer, length x girth2 was 18#’s. I love the high desert.

Have never eaten one. How was it?

 

[Robert Engleheart]

Have never eaten one. How was it?

I released it, was only out of water for a quick shot and swam away quickly. I landed him very quickly so wasn’t tired. They are planted and as hybrids are sterile so that’s how I rationalized it.

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

I ate a brown trout that was going to die anyway after I caught it in the Eastern Sierras. I took my time, and carefully photographed it as it lay there dying. When I got back to the city, I had the photo blown up to exactly the 19" length of the fish. I cut the image out from the background and glued it to a wooden board. (The poor man's fish mount). Every time I looked at that photo on my wall it reminded me of the beautiful ruby red fillets that I cooked over a fire.

 

[Searun]

Nice work buddy!

 

[NRC]

I've had a pretty busy summer and haven't been able to get out to fish as much as I want to, like most. But realizing that the summer was quickly drifting away, I headed out on the local creek for a quick post-work session. I was teaching a new friend how to fly fish, but he got the double nymph rig wrapped around the rod so I gave him a dry fly rig and sent him down the river a bit. He had been fishing a deeper hole, and after I untangled the rig I kept fishing where he was but extended my drift further down. I saw the bobber dive and set the hook only to see this monster flop out of the water and start making charging runs up and downstream. My buddy ran over and after a good fight, he helped net it, but in doing so, he lost his footing and completely dunked in the deeper pool. Even though he was completely submerged - head underwater, he held the net aloft and the fish remained in it, thankfully. It turned out to be my personal best brown trout. I bought him a 6-pack of 805 for his dedication

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it was the kind of fish that gets you re-addicted to fly fishing after a short hiatus.

I was worried you wouldn’t have any dinguses to fish with after you left WA, glad you found a worthy replacement!