Solo trip to the dry side...

nice morning drive through the hills...


low light young buck. I've decided to name him G57


how many birds?



things seemed to clear up, unfortunately (or fortunately?)....


All in all, the streamer bite never really materialized even though my two largest of the day came via that method. Caddis were definitely on the menu...

except for this mini-football (one of a couple that came on tiny little mayfly nymphs, the rest came on caddis)

...fishing was quite good up until I decided to call it quits shortly after noon.

Saw something cool on the drive home....hint, not a Bald Eagle.


It was deleting some medium sized rodent.

 

[Wade Rivers]

Randy, you could catch a lot more fish if you didn't stop and take so many great pictures

Just sayin'

 

[Robert Engleheart]

I miss that river…..

 

[Brute]

Nice…

 

[Bruce Baker]

Love pic number 1!

 

[Dave Westburg]

That’s one healthy trout!

 

[clarkman]

Thx!

Went back today with a buddy of mine. Fishing remained very good.

I even managed the famed native trifecta:




Streamer bite never fully materialized, but I managed a half dozen or so throughout the day...nymphing was pretty lights out. microscopic olive hatch started around 10:30 or so but not a ton of fish were looking up. I didn't bother switching over.

started out a little rainy, but my bird friends were ready:


cleared up nicely just before we left...

 

[Pink Nighty]

Thx!

Went back today with a buddy of mine. Fishing remained very good.

I even managed the famed native trifecta:
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Streamer bite never fully materialized, but I managed a half dozen or so throughout the day...nymphing was pretty lights out. microscopic olive hatch started around 10:30 or so but not a ton of fish were looking up. I didn't bother switching over.

started out a little rainy, but my bird friends were ready:
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cleared up nicely just before we left...
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Zero suckerfish? Kinda hard to call that a trifecta but if you're gonna count rainbows then I guess? We oughta leave this world behind

 

[clarkman]

Zero suckerfish? Kinda hard to call that a trifecta but if you're gonna count rainbows then I guess? We oughta leave this world behind

That's a royal flush

 

[Matt B]

Reminds me of two things…the suckers in that river coming up to the surface, steadily and repeatedly, for some reason only Jah knows. And, swinging for steel there and getting super excited by a sucker hooked in the rear-mouth…took drag and everything.