waters

[fishskibum]

no chubs seen or spotted. ill be back though i like the chill vibe there
Everyone should have a home waters, for a long time the green was my home waters
and my summer vocation for a 1/2 dozen.
Priorities and circumstances change, been dealing with my pops health and aging issues, and i dont day trip to drive 7 to fish 8 or 10.
so ive been still watering and poopfishin local.
was hoping to git my dad out but hes not strong enough or ready for all day on the river
my wifes a saint and has been taking care of him while he stays with us and let me git outta town weds
a friend had reserved a river camp thurs but couldnt make it
rolled into dutch john weds eve, was hopin for a good spot on the gorge, but the blm has never enforced the 14 day limit there,
So they all leave their 5th wheels in the prime spots all season.
bagged it and headed down to browns park and camped riverside at taylors flat, which was empty
rained a bit that night but awoke to a nice pink hued sunrise and anticipation of a good to be home waters float

Bailed on bucking camp and loading the boat to camp on the river and drove up to little hole
on the water at 8

got a bow to eat the stripped junk right off the bat

swapped out and put the bmc up front and got em to eat the dry

continued to trade out and score a few more per mile


Ran into a old friend camped at pugmire
dened me to hear of his furkid taking the rainbow bridge trip

all good dogs take that trip eventually
as it always does the sound of red creek rapid is heard fore ya turn the corner and see it
and as mr. holmstrom diaries are named "every rapid tells a story"
if ya dont listen up bad stuffs can happen
red creeek at minimasl flows is tough
ya can still run left and the overall consequences are usually safer but your gonna hit stuff
rights not as hard to run clean but the dragons tooth at the bottom is a boat eating day wrecker if ya dont avoid em
choose left lined er up and made the drop but blew a crux stroke high sided rodeoed backwards into the rock that i need to be behind with a force that im surprised the anchor mount survived.
It did put the hog where it needed to be to row the rest clean though
it fished well below with non of the weeks afternoon showers being enough water to bring red creek into play
with a few bwo but primarily caddis and sally on the water

heard the cicadia buzz for a 100 yards in the rapid and got a few swipes and nose bumps using it
that morning.
my and the bmc's old man eyes need a bit of help so the pink triple double did the trick

fished well till the winds cranked up, thankfully downstream, and it rained pretty good the last mile.
Pushed out  and ran a shuttle lap and some supplies back to dutch john.
thought about riggin the 2 hander or soft hackling the evening caddis hatch
A cocktail or 2 dinner and a dog walk and horizontal on a paco pad ,sawing logs and dreaming about the fast water hog eat i blew that afternoon

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