09-16-2010, 01:44 PM
I am sure that the pictures won't copy to here so I will just give you the link to my original post on the Idaho board. I wore out or lost a couple of dozen flies in two days but it was worth it. The carp was caught on a crayfish colored fly that I was bumping over some rocks. I was hoping for a sm bass, but the carp was a riot anyway
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Smoke from a neighboring valley pushed me out of the house, so I went off to explore a little. I made a loop with a few side excursions for a couple of days. Had to dodge a few thunderstorms and wind on Tuesday afternoon, but I did get to fish a while at Weston and Deep Creek.
The trout were hungry at both reservoirs, and I think there must have been a new planting as some were fairly small. Oddly enough I didn't catch as many of the little bass or perch that are in Weston. I think it may have been the storms coming in as the wind forced me off of there. Then the weather got really nasty for the evening!
Deep Creek was low, but Weston is very low.
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This trout was nice enough to spit out four of these nice reddish brown chronimids for me to see. He was munching a very selective diet. [inline Trout&chon.jpg]
I also got a chance to explore a few smaller rivers and creeks off of the Bear River. I caught some nice little wild Bonneville Cutthroats. Frankly I am not sure what the differences are between the different cutthroats, but at least now I know I have caught Bonneville, Yellowstone, Snake River, Coastal cutts and Searun cutts. Side by side I might be able to pick out the differences, but for the most part I am pretty clueless! I have to go by what is exclusive to the area.
Here is one little Bonneville Cutthroat:
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Glendale was nice. I was there for the morning and there were only two other boats on the water. The water is very low, and if you want to see where the channels are in the upper part of the reservoir, now is the time. I looked for a place to launch in the upper part, but the water was quite a ways away from most of the usual places.
I launched at the boat ramp and stayed mostly up closer to the dam end. I think I should have gotten more ambitious and headed further up until I found the gills and crappie. I didn't catch any of them. I caught some nice trout and bass though. The bass ranged from about 13 inches up to about 16 inches.
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The trout were from 10 inches to about 15. Most were 14ish.
This trout had some kind of parasites or baby leeches? on its fins. Anyone seen these before? Ishy ick!
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Driving up through the Oneida Narrows was outstanding! The trees were in their fall colors and the river was nice and clear. I only saw one fisherman in the river and I didn't see anyone else fishing there or in Oneida Reservoir.
Pictures don't do the colors and scenery justice!
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The Bear is lower and clear, but quite mossy.
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The only fisherman I saw was this guy, who you can barely see, on the opposite side of the river and up on the corner.
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Oneida was low but it sure was colorful and nice.
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Oneida gave my two other "firsts"-- my first walleye on a fly and my first mirror carp on a fly. I caught several walleye, and they were all about the same size about 12 to 13 inches. The carp were so plentiful they were distracting. I would be focused on casting and WHAM--SPLASH a carp would jump right beside me. A few of them startled the heck out of me. The fish finder was a waste of time as it showed fish all over the place. Unfortunately it couldn't tell me the difference between a carp and a walleye or bass.
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My big fish of the trip:
This carp was a hoot to catch on a 5 wt fly rod and 4lb test line! She was really powerful and drug me all over the place. I don't know what she weighed, but she was over 26 inches long, and she did not fit in my net. I thought the pattern of scales on her was really kind of cool.
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It sure is a beautiful fall!
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Smoke from a neighboring valley pushed me out of the house, so I went off to explore a little. I made a loop with a few side excursions for a couple of days. Had to dodge a few thunderstorms and wind on Tuesday afternoon, but I did get to fish a while at Weston and Deep Creek.
The trout were hungry at both reservoirs, and I think there must have been a new planting as some were fairly small. Oddly enough I didn't catch as many of the little bass or perch that are in Weston. I think it may have been the storms coming in as the wind forced me off of there. Then the weather got really nasty for the evening!
Deep Creek was low, but Weston is very low.
[inline "1 Weston Creek.jpg"]
This trout was nice enough to spit out four of these nice reddish brown chronimids for me to see. He was munching a very selective diet. [inline Trout&chon.jpg]
I also got a chance to explore a few smaller rivers and creeks off of the Bear River. I caught some nice little wild Bonneville Cutthroats. Frankly I am not sure what the differences are between the different cutthroats, but at least now I know I have caught Bonneville, Yellowstone, Snake River, Coastal cutts and Searun cutts. Side by side I might be able to pick out the differences, but for the most part I am pretty clueless! I have to go by what is exclusive to the area.
Here is one little Bonneville Cutthroat:
[inline "2 Bonneville Cutthroat.jpg"]
Glendale was nice. I was there for the morning and there were only two other boats on the water. The water is very low, and if you want to see where the channels are in the upper part of the reservoir, now is the time. I looked for a place to launch in the upper part, but the water was quite a ways away from most of the usual places.
I launched at the boat ramp and stayed mostly up closer to the dam end. I think I should have gotten more ambitious and headed further up until I found the gills and crappie. I didn't catch any of them. I caught some nice trout and bass though. The bass ranged from about 13 inches up to about 16 inches.
[inline "3 Nice bass.jpg"]
The trout were from 10 inches to about 15. Most were 14ish.
This trout had some kind of parasites or baby leeches? on its fins. Anyone seen these before? Ishy ick!
Driving up through the Oneida Narrows was outstanding! The trees were in their fall colors and the river was nice and clear. I only saw one fisherman in the river and I didn't see anyone else fishing there or in Oneida Reservoir.
Pictures don't do the colors and scenery justice!
[inline "back road.jpg"]
The Bear is lower and clear, but quite mossy.
[inline "Bear Creek.jpg"]
The only fisherman I saw was this guy, who you can barely see, on the opposite side of the river and up on the corner.
Oneida was low but it sure was colorful and nice.
[inline "Oneida low&colorful.jpg"]
Oneida gave my two other "firsts"-- my first walleye on a fly and my first mirror carp on a fly. I caught several walleye, and they were all about the same size about 12 to 13 inches. The carp were so plentiful they were distracting. I would be focused on casting and WHAM--SPLASH a carp would jump right beside me. A few of them startled the heck out of me. The fish finder was a waste of time as it showed fish all over the place. Unfortunately it couldn't tell me the difference between a carp and a walleye or bass.
My big fish of the trip:
This carp was a hoot to catch on a 5 wt fly rod and 4lb test line! She was really powerful and drug me all over the place. I don't know what she weighed, but she was over 26 inches long, and she did not fit in my net. I thought the pattern of scales on her was really kind of cool.
It sure is a beautiful fall!
[font "Comic Sans MS"][#008000][size 2]Hi cpierce -Hope that you don't mind that I took the liberty of posting a few of your pictures. Very nive post indeed. Dryrod[/size][/#008000][/font]
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