Hit the Ark below Salida yesterday. Got there about 9 am.
It was a fantastic day on the river. Caught 30+ fish had many more on. The best nymph by far was a size 18 FB bead head P-tail ,but also got fish on the Gold Ice and Copper Ice Nymphs. Fished Until 6:30 PM and the action was consistent all day. Finished the day Above Salida.
Biggest Brown was 18", biggest Rainbows were 17. Even caught 2 browns at once! one hit the P-tail one the Gold ice. Almost lost my rod but managed to recover it. thats a whole other storey.
Today i got to Spinny at 9AM an fished until 1PM at the 2nd parking lot. Haven't been there in over a month and the weeds are way out there. Went out pretty far to where it was less weedy. Caught an 18" RB on a Brown trout Thomas Buoyant. Had the bobber out with Callabaeitis and P-tail . Hooked 2 on that with one breaking me off in the weeds.Both 18-19"RB. Was throwing streamers after as while. Got 2 on a spruce fly and missed several other hits on it. Caught 1 on a black woolie and 1 on a Platte rIver Special. They were not consistent as you can see. But, they were all good fighters and lots of fun. Not many people out on the lake. had the whole area to my self at times.
It was a fantastic day on the river. Caught 30+ fish had many more on. The best nymph by far was a size 18 FB bead head P-tail ,but also got fish on the Gold Ice and Copper Ice Nymphs. Fished Until 6:30 PM and the action was consistent all day. Finished the day Above Salida.
Biggest Brown was 18", biggest Rainbows were 17. Even caught 2 browns at once! one hit the P-tail one the Gold ice. Almost lost my rod but managed to recover it. thats a whole other storey.
Today i got to Spinny at 9AM an fished until 1PM at the 2nd parking lot. Haven't been there in over a month and the weeds are way out there. Went out pretty far to where it was less weedy. Caught an 18" RB on a Brown trout Thomas Buoyant. Had the bobber out with Callabaeitis and P-tail . Hooked 2 on that with one breaking me off in the weeds.Both 18-19"RB. Was throwing streamers after as while. Got 2 on a spruce fly and missed several other hits on it. Caught 1 on a black woolie and 1 on a Platte rIver Special. They were not consistent as you can see. But, they were all good fighters and lots of fun. Not many people out on the lake. had the whole area to my self at times.