Thanks, guys for your responses to my query. We will continue this thread for 2009 and then start a new one for 2010 if that's okay.
New report for the weekend. since the season is waning, and they will close the road to my favorite spring sometime between now and December, we have been trying to get to that particular water as often as possible. Hope we aren't boring you with the pics and stories, but that is where we fish quite often during the season, and I want to share what we experience there.
The Kid has finally reached it - he has outfished me on my favorite spring the last two times we've been out. This has rarely, if ever happened, but it finally has arrived and I must admit that perhaps he is getting a bit of an edge on Dad, besides a big head! I taught him how, tied the flies, perfected the method and developed the strategy and believe it or not - he paid attention!
We started early again. With the advent of Fall and cooler weather along with shorter days, we have still had to start out in the dark and rig up in the dark since our best efforts and results are before the sun hits the water. I invited my best fishing buddy Buzz (buzzroach), along with another great fishing friend, Gary (gbflytyer), to go along. Michael brought along his friend Chris and we had a quorum! We left at 5:30 a.m., picked up Buzz and then Gary, and then we were on our way. We ran into snow up on Kelly Canyon road, but dropped back down to the river to wet and cold with a light dusting of frost on all of the foilage.
We arrived at 6:45 and decided we were just a bit early so we sat in the truck and BS'd for about fifteen minutes. Again we rigged in the dark by headlight - the Kid and Chris were much quicker than the old men - and we headed for the water. Quite a bit of fog on the water, which made for some spectacular photos. Mike struck first blood while we were still at the trucks getting rigged up, but it didn't take us long for myself, Buzz and Gary all to be into good fish. We got photos of some, but plenty more got away with and LDR or splash out of hand before we could get decent pics.
The Kid's first fish was 23-inches and a real beastie (reminded me of last-year's Silver Creek beast that I caught) and most of the fish we all caught this day were at least 20-inches or better. Buzz did catch a nipper, but that was the only small fish of the morning. By 10:30 the sun was up and the fish were down so we left. The flies du jour were the standard two-nymph rig of a size #14 flashback Pheasant-tail, trailed by a size #14 olive scud, both suspended under a Schollmeyer's Parasol Emerger in a PMD emerger imitation. For the record, between us we caught about 4 or 5 fish on the parasol fly, not uncommon, but not usually that many takes to that fly in a day.
Here are some pics, Enjoy!
Man, this early morning stuff is killing me, but the rewards are worth it! Gary and Buzz getting rigged by headlight.
Kid's first fish of the day
One of the Kid's many beasties for the day!
They just kept jumping on his hook and seemed to all be this size!
In the net!
Gary and Buzz with the Kid and Chris in the background
Where we fish! Early morning on No-tellum Spring Creek, somewhere in southeast Idaho.
Gary and the boys in the background
Fish on!
Buzz in the fog
I will post more pics just following this post
Well, there it is, hope you all liked it. The Browns in this water have been bigger and better than in the past, but I'm sure that comes as years pass and fish grow. It has been a blast and I'm glad to have this special water so close to home - no fees, no pressure, and lots of action on most days.
Have a great week and Tight Lines to everyone!
Kelly.
Last edited by kglissmeyer; 10-05-2009 at 08:41 PM.
Tight Lines,
Kelly.
"There will be days when the fishing is better than one's most optimistic forecast, others when it is far worse. Either is a gain over just staying home."
Roderick Haig-Brown, "Fisherman's Spring"
Originally Posted by Beaver
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