South Boulder Creek in December
Had a beautiful day off and decided to head up to South Boulder Creek for a day of fishing. The weather could not have been better with temps in the mid 50's and almost no wind. I got to the creek around 10:30am and tied on a orange egg to a mysis shrimp pattern to start the day.
I start the day at a spot not to far from the trailhead and find a couple little slack water areas to cast to. Second cast in and I have hooked a rainbow on the mysis, which quickly proceeds to shake itself loose. I move on and cast through a couple more pools with no luck before picking up and walking further downstream. The river was busy and finding a spot to fish took some doing on the top portion of the river. I finally find a spot I like and manage to hook a couple more fish, but they too shake themselves loose before I can get them in. Then I finally manage to hook and land a 10" rainbow for my first fish of the day on the egg.
I pick up again and decide to walk quite a ways downstream, going past the bridge and past a few more anglers until I get to a section where it looks like I have the river to myself. I scramble down the hill and work my way to the center of the creek. I find a shallow slack water area on the far side to cast to as I am hiding behind a big fallen tree. Couple casts in and I have landed another rainbow, and then another out of the same hole. I move just upstream and cast to a run right buy a huge boulder. Once again a couple casts in and I have landed a nice 12" rainbow. I continue to work my way upstream landing a few more rainbows before I get to a spot with some deeper pools. This time when I see the line move and pull back I have hooked my first brown of the day. I continue to cast through the deep pools landing a couple more browns and hooking a couple more that beak me off by going under some logs.
After the last fish I hook breaks me off I decide to call it a day around 2:00pm and head back to the car with a smile on my face. This ended up being my best day of winter fishing I have ever had, and all the fish on eggs and nymphs. I would never have thought I would catch this many fish while fishing in a style I rarely do.
Rod: Iwana 12' 6/4
Line: Riggs Floating line 12'
Flies that worked: Orange Egg, Mysis Shrimp, Purple LeBug
I start the day at a spot not to far from the trailhead and find a couple little slack water areas to cast to. Second cast in and I have hooked a rainbow on the mysis, which quickly proceeds to shake itself loose. I move on and cast through a couple more pools with no luck before picking up and walking further downstream. The river was busy and finding a spot to fish took some doing on the top portion of the river. I finally find a spot I like and manage to hook a couple more fish, but they too shake themselves loose before I can get them in. Then I finally manage to hook and land a 10" rainbow for my first fish of the day on the egg.
I pick up again and decide to walk quite a ways downstream, going past the bridge and past a few more anglers until I get to a section where it looks like I have the river to myself. I scramble down the hill and work my way to the center of the creek. I find a shallow slack water area on the far side to cast to as I am hiding behind a big fallen tree. Couple casts in and I have landed another rainbow, and then another out of the same hole. I move just upstream and cast to a run right buy a huge boulder. Once again a couple casts in and I have landed a nice 12" rainbow. I continue to work my way upstream landing a few more rainbows before I get to a spot with some deeper pools. This time when I see the line move and pull back I have hooked my first brown of the day. I continue to cast through the deep pools landing a couple more browns and hooking a couple more that beak me off by going under some logs.
After the last fish I hook breaks me off I decide to call it a day around 2:00pm and head back to the car with a smile on my face. This ended up being my best day of winter fishing I have ever had, and all the fish on eggs and nymphs. I would never have thought I would catch this many fish while fishing in a style I rarely do.
Rod: Iwana 12' 6/4
Line: Riggs Floating line 12'
Flies that worked: Orange Egg, Mysis Shrimp, Purple LeBug
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