05-07-2014, 08:15 AM
Cant find good jigs that arent expensive, so i decided to make my own. Bought everything i needed to make some nice maribou jigs. Tested my first batch in EC, by the dam. Fished for a few hours with no luck. Went to the creek and hooked into a bunch of nice hard fighting rainbows. Good day. Lost a few fish and a lot of jigs. Tied up a bunch more and went to the weber below rockport the next day. People everywhere, wind blew them down from the lake into the river. Never seen so much powerbait used in a river. I normally fish during the week. Didnt see many catching other than one fish going home for the long freeze and couple fly fisherman landing some browns. I landed 8 browns, mostly in the middle spillway, and hooked into a few more. All about 14-16". Fished until someone felt i had been there too long and it was time for their dogs to play right where i was. Let my dog play. Left. Inhaled a pulled pork from Rafter B. Went to the little bridge by i15. 2 guys there pb fishing, not catching. No bites. I think the osprey nesting near by are feasting on the fish that arent hiding under the bridge. It was a pretty good day catching.
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