Hit the Canyon around 1PM yesterday after negotiating the road closure (see warning in another post). Because of the road closure we almost had the canyon to ourselves - very few people in there.
Started in the gold medal section with green partridge soft hackle and a callibaetis dropper just like I knew what I was doing. Took a whole bunch of fish and then began experimenting with my nymphing technique. I removed the strike indicator and just watched the line movement. Took another 4-5 with this method and then a storm moved in.
After the storm I had almost no luck in the next 3 hours. I landed a 6" brown and hooked (and lost) a monster that was easily 24" (came out of the water twice). And that was it. The only hatch of the day was the no-see-um midges aorund 5PM. There were some adult caddis hovering on the willows when we arrived but we did not see any pop off during the day. No tricos either.
Started in the gold medal section with green partridge soft hackle and a callibaetis dropper just like I knew what I was doing. Took a whole bunch of fish and then began experimenting with my nymphing technique. I removed the strike indicator and just watched the line movement. Took another 4-5 with this method and then a storm moved in.
After the storm I had almost no luck in the next 3 hours. I landed a 6" brown and hooked (and lost) a monster that was easily 24" (came out of the water twice). And that was it. The only hatch of the day was the no-see-um midges aorund 5PM. There were some adult caddis hovering on the willows when we arrived but we did not see any pop off during the day. No tricos either.
