Craig

I am off on our annual trip to Craig. Our first day we fished from Pruit to Cascade. The upper river was getting hammered by boats nymphing so we went for dries. It hit 80 on the water and a 15-20 kt wind didn’t help at all but it was downriver so could have been way worse.

Still, a lot of fun and Shane and Curt our guides worked their asses off it was impossible to get a good drift as the wind blew us off course on either bank or in the middle. Still with the best people and an adult libation after takes the edge off a tough day. Water is 60 and flows low at 2600 or so.

Dave

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A tale of two days….my buds did well with 8-12 fish. I had only two , break offs, bent hook (18s), fish in the weeds or just poppped!. Still a great day but fate was against me, that’s fishing. The rainbows are super strong fish and lost a few I didn’t care about after great runs.

Weather is tough at 80 today, water still 60. We heard there’s a Seattle shop has a trip next week. Snow and daytime of 40 odd with rain. Crazy how things will change. Bring rain gear, warm hats and gloves…

Dave

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It’s too hot, water needs to be under 50, it was 60 both days and so no chance of that. Saw 1 October caddis but too hot for them too and the hatches of them are not huge here. So short leash again today.

Dave
 
It was new dawn and a new day and pretty cold, the cars had frost on them. A new guide too. Ben. A younger dude than the guides we try to book but oh man. He works so hard and is so hungry to catch fish, he is always thinking out f the box. Today we did wolf creek again.

Today was the reverse of yesterday where I lost/missed so many fish. We got some real chunkers to around 18” and really thick on the shoulders. They would go berserk and it was a blast. A bud on the other boat got a ‘fairly’ honest 22”. At lunch wandered on the island and found a huge ant nest, the inner kid in me just had to pole it with a stick, they were PO’d

Now back at the ranch waiting for beef burritos for dinnner and reflecting on a good days fishing. More hot weather for us till Friday then dumping to 40 Sat and 34 on Sunday. The fish will appreciate the drop. Even fishing 40’ off the boat, they were so spooky on the flats given the # of bow waves we’d see.

Rinse and repeat tomorrow 😀

Dave

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Thanks,

I loved Brutes ‘real time’ reports in AK and doing a poor effort to replicate them. The coyotes are calling in the hills and I’m tuckered after a long day great dinner and a lagavulin or two 😀

More to come. Our head guide wants to go after the canyon to fish dries as way less boats, but way less fish. Also short leash you strike instantly where with big hopper/skaters you give em time but I can’t….The revolution is pending. We all want wolf creek again,

Tomorrow morning will be interesting

Dave
 
Dave Boyle said:
Thanks,

I loved Brutes ‘real time’ reports in AK and doing a poor effort to replicate them. The coyotes are calling in the hills and I’m tuckered after a long day great dinner and a lagavulin or two 😀

More to come. Our head guide wants to go after the canyon to fish dries as way less boats, but way less fish. Also short leash you strike instantly where with big hopper/skaters you give em time but I can’t….The revolution is pending. We all want wolf creek again,

Tomorrow morning will be interesting

Dave
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go fish the canyon, way less people but still plenty of fish.
 
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