New Water 7-4-10

Had a great day with Andy and Jessie fishing some new water...  It was sunny and humid all day, but we managed a few to the net.

 Country Barn

Jessie ducking the setting sun's glare. 

Underwater pose.

Backlit mayfly.

A rare above water trout shot. 

Walking out.

Evening Spinners 6-10-10

Went out with Jessie, Andy, and Jim the other evening looking for Sulphurs.  We even had a surprise visit from Brian... so it was almost a full crew! Too many other guys had the same idea though, and we ended up cramped in one small section of stream.   I opted to shoot pics more than fish, which was ok by me.  Sulphur spinners fell right before dark.

Visitor.

Jim and Andy.

Andy's nice brookie. 

Jim's nice brown.

Crazy Sulphur Spinner Swarm!

Fish on!  (angler unknown)

Hendrickson Hatch 4/18/10

Met up for an afternoon/evening of dry flying with Jessie Hollenbeck. We got to the river right on schedule with the Hendrickson duns, and took a few on top in the first few minutes. Got a surprise visit from another friend Ian Yorkston a little later, but unfortunately the wind picked up, and the temperature dropped fast. Spinners didn't show up like we hoped, but we still got a couple more takers throughout the evening.

Jessie letting one fly.

Female Hendrickson.

Nice brown at the end of the fight.

Boots in nice light.

Ian making a cast in the late light.

Hendrickson Hatch 4/13/10

Spring is here! My good friend Brian and I took the kids to our local inland stream the other day. As soon as our boots hit the water there were bugs visible and fish rising. Hendrickson duns, and smaller BWO spinners were the mayflies, and the fish were on the Hendricksons. It was warm, sunny, and just an all around awesome day to be on the water...

Field of yellow.

Female Hendrickson dun checking out the Winston.

A colorful setting for this male Hendrickson dun.

BWO spinner resting on a parachute wing.

Brian and his first fish of the season on a dry.

Brown trout on a dry.

Another...

Nymphing = bigger fish.

Giving the Tribs a Break 4/8/10

After a couple days of heavy rain I decided it would be better to head inland, and let the bigger lake tributaries settle out a little. The weather was forecasted to have cool temps and more rain, but it ended up being in the 60's and bright sun most of the day! I enjoyed the warm sunlight, and the fish enjoyed dining on a variety of tiny midge patterns...

Rainy start.

Nice brown finally giving up.

Proof of reproduction!

Nice one of the day.

Train motion.