Day 106
Today was the last day of the camping trip and my fishing consisted of trying the six pools just down from the campsite. I have on the blue parachute adams and try the pools as I work my way upstream. With no luck or any action I call it a day after about a half hour of fishing. I pack up and head back to the car and then start the drive home.
I decide to stop at Silverthorne and fish the Blue for a little bit before I head home. I start fishing with a crippled adams and try a few near side pools. With no action to be had I decide to try a nymph rig using mysis shrimp. I cast through a few runs with no luck when I come across another fisherman. I ask him what there biting on, and he says he has been getting action on the surface with a caddis pattern. I tie on a yellow humpy and cast to a far pool below a rock. I see a fish move for the fly when the current takes it away. I try a couple more casts with no luck but I can still see the fish. I tie the crippled adams on again and on my second cast I get a great drift and the fish so softly sips the fly in. With lighting fast reactions I set the hook and am waiting for the battle to begin. Much to my surprise the fish did not put up much of a fight and basically swam over to the net. I get him in the net and I have landed a nice fat 16" Rainbow in about fifteen minutes of fishing.
I call it quits after another fifteen minutes of fishing with no luck and get some lunch before heading back to Denver. Best one fish day I have had!
Rod: Iwana 12' 6/4
Line: Hi-Vis Level Line 12' #4
Fly that worked: Crippled Adams
I decide to stop at Silverthorne and fish the Blue for a little bit before I head home. I start fishing with a crippled adams and try a few near side pools. With no action to be had I decide to try a nymph rig using mysis shrimp. I cast through a few runs with no luck when I come across another fisherman. I ask him what there biting on, and he says he has been getting action on the surface with a caddis pattern. I tie on a yellow humpy and cast to a far pool below a rock. I see a fish move for the fly when the current takes it away. I try a couple more casts with no luck but I can still see the fish. I tie the crippled adams on again and on my second cast I get a great drift and the fish so softly sips the fly in. With lighting fast reactions I set the hook and am waiting for the battle to begin. Much to my surprise the fish did not put up much of a fight and basically swam over to the net. I get him in the net and I have landed a nice fat 16" Rainbow in about fifteen minutes of fishing.
I call it quits after another fifteen minutes of fishing with no luck and get some lunch before heading back to Denver. Best one fish day I have had!
Rod: Iwana 12' 6/4
Line: Hi-Vis Level Line 12' #4
Fly that worked: Crippled Adams
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