06-19-2006, 04:34 AM
Hey all, it's been a while since my last post. I've been really busy with work, wife, etc.
I wanted to drop a line (no pun intended) and let you know about my last couple of weekends in the High Sierras.
A friend of mine is camping out for about a month up there. So I went up to help him get set up a couple of weekends ago. He found this sweet spot by a place called Jackass Creek (about 6500 ft. level). The creek was absolutely full of small brookies (about 6-8 inches). We had a blast catching tons of them on really light leaders with black ants, mosquitoes and adams flies. They would actually bite at about anything we threw at them.
Last weekend I went to another spot with my dad along Chiquito creek. This time we got skunked the first couple of days, then wouldn't you know it, the last day we were there... TONS OF FISH!!! I started right near camp, we were using hare's ear and prince nymphs along with black or brown wooly buggers. There was a nice little rapid with lots of little pools which we had fished both days previous with no luck, then a of a sudden wham! My dad caught a nice planter rainbow and I caught a 10" brown. We started hiking down stream and fished all of the same spots we had fished already and each spot, fish fish fish and more fish. In all that day I landed about 10 fish between 8" and 15", not bad for the area and half of which I released. Lunch that day was really nice. I am going to post some photos so check them out on the member board.
By the way, has anyone ever been bit by a rattlesnake? I came about 6" from stepping right on one. It was the first time I had ever seen one in the area so I wasn't expecting it at all[shocked].
Had a great summer.
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I wanted to drop a line (no pun intended) and let you know about my last couple of weekends in the High Sierras.
A friend of mine is camping out for about a month up there. So I went up to help him get set up a couple of weekends ago. He found this sweet spot by a place called Jackass Creek (about 6500 ft. level). The creek was absolutely full of small brookies (about 6-8 inches). We had a blast catching tons of them on really light leaders with black ants, mosquitoes and adams flies. They would actually bite at about anything we threw at them.
Last weekend I went to another spot with my dad along Chiquito creek. This time we got skunked the first couple of days, then wouldn't you know it, the last day we were there... TONS OF FISH!!! I started right near camp, we were using hare's ear and prince nymphs along with black or brown wooly buggers. There was a nice little rapid with lots of little pools which we had fished both days previous with no luck, then a of a sudden wham! My dad caught a nice planter rainbow and I caught a 10" brown. We started hiking down stream and fished all of the same spots we had fished already and each spot, fish fish fish and more fish. In all that day I landed about 10 fish between 8" and 15", not bad for the area and half of which I released. Lunch that day was really nice. I am going to post some photos so check them out on the member board.
By the way, has anyone ever been bit by a rattlesnake? I came about 6" from stepping right on one. It was the first time I had ever seen one in the area so I wasn't expecting it at all[shocked].
Had a great summer.
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