My family was heading down to fish the gorge for the memorial day weekend so i thought i will sneak off and hit the green. I split the day between fishing little hole as well as working my way down from the dam. As i started wading i realized the patch in my waders wasn't going to hold up, luckily the fly shop rented me a pair for $10.00, crisis averted! So i started walking and was amazed at how many fish i saw feeding in the shallows. So I tied on a little red ant and started sight fishing... First cast I watched a nice brown come slowly up and slurp the ant, BAM! first fish on! As i was fighting this bad boy i realized my 4wt isn't going to cut it so i grabbed the 6wt but man what a blast... Such a healthy looking fish. Slow going for the next few hours but then i switched to nymphing and picked up a couple on san juans. Around 1 i started seeing a few cicadas so i started throwing those and picked up a few that way... Another productive pattern was a yellow sally size 14. Ended up the day with around 9 gorgeous fish. I can only imagine how having a drift boat can change the game... hope to get back soon. Thanks to everyone who chimed in with tips and info!
I was alone so getting pics was tough but i got a few... (sorry, i don't know how to post them in the thread)
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Awesome photos and great fish. I'd call that a great day on the Green.
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Those are some knarly scars on that first rainbow bro. Good looking this though. I can't wait to get up there this fall!
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Great to hear that you had a great trip and caught a variety of fish on different patterns. That's what it's all about!!! Thanks for sharing your experience with us.
Gaetz
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Those are some nice bows. Nice job!
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Thanks all! Ya looks like a bird tried to snag that first rainbow, but it's still a gorgeous fish! Nothing like them smacking a big cicada pattern. What a blast!
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Cool, looks like a fun trip....pretty place just to many people for my liking....you can solve the 4wt.-6wt. dilemma with a nice 5 wt.[laugh]
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Nice looking bows!! So did you fish flaming gorge also?
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You remind me of someone with that stogie sticking out of your mouth......[
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Right on T man!
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[quote flygoddess]You remind me of someone with that stogie sticking out of your mouth......[
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Right on T man![/quote]
Churchill, Grant, Che Guevarra, Castro? [laugh]
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No, that's not it....[laugh] Old joke we use to say to "friends" so take it with the lighter side,
More like Lassie taking a .......
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Gotcha! [laugh]
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Sounds like you had an awesome trip. Those are some pretty fish......Thanks for sharing!
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[quote Catcherman.]Nice looking bows!! So did you fish flaming gorge also?[/quote] well they ended having boat trouble so they were stuck to the shore... I fished a bit on Monday morning and picked up a few rainbows. They were looking to go for lake trout but that didn't work out unfortunately
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Looks like a great first trip we should do a trip sometime this summer!
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nice fish kunz, I keep telling my buddies we need to go there and plan a camp trip, its been too many years since I fly fished it.
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Thanks! Ya it was a blast! I really want to float it though...
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Excellent fish man, I'm totally jealous.
Off topic, but was anyone besides me shocked at what TK actually looks like? I mean, doesn't everyone else form an image of what a poster looks like when they read their posts? I do, and son, I was way off. (I pictured you as some teenage hipster, FFL wannabe... [sly])
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[quote TroutBumDave]Excellent fish man, I'm totally jealous.
Off topic, but was anyone besides me shocked at what TK actually looks like? I mean, doesn't everyone else form an image of what a poster looks like when they read their posts? I do, and son, I was way off. (I pictured you as some teenage hipster, FFL wannabe... [sly])[/quote] oh good lawd! I feel like I should be super offended by that statement, FFL wannabe!? What in the world would give you that idea? I am indeed a grown man.
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