ted4887 Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 3-29-13 Water Condition on arrival (10:30 am): Slightly high and stained Water condions at departure (4:30 p.m.): High and chocolate milk Bugs: Midge, stoneflies, and a few mayflies I had a chance to fish today for a few hours and did pretty well, all things considered. The fish weren't cooperative right away this morning, and the ones that did strike, I missed the hookset on. I covered about a 1/2 mile in the first section that I fished, and landed 3 fish for my efforts. And at one point, I heard something making it's way, slowly, through the brush. Turns out, it was just an old hound, whom I quickly made friends with. After fishing the first section, and parting ways with my new friend, I headed upstream a few miles to see if my luck would change. However, I knew my window was short because the snow was melting like crazy and water conditions were deteriorating rapidly. I timed it right though, because as soon as my line hit the water on the next short section that I fished, I was into them. Over the next hour and a half, I proceeded to catch a fish on almost every drift. I had four buggers get completely torn apart by those voracious little browns. And then, just like somebody flipped a switch, it was all over. The fish had completely shut down. NOT a spring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunker Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Nice report. I went today as well. The lower stretches of streams were getting pretty stained, the upper still pretty clear. Fished for 2-3 hours and landed about 15 browns, 4 around the 14-15in range. Lots of short strikes here too, probably missed 3 times as many as I caught. The digital camera broke on me this week though so no pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookncook Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Lunker- we'll have to hit it up this spring. I was out tromping around on Burns and dutch this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slabasaurus Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Nice report Ted...Did y'all get rain down there this weekend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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