Christmas Walk

I took a afternoon break from all the Christmas festivities to find a little quiet time on the water, fly rod in hand.  The cold weather had everyone indoors but the lack of wind was too tempting and I found myself headed for the stream.  It was worth the time picking ice from the guides to get in a little casting.  The bonus of a nice brown trout at the end of the line was my favorite Christmas present of the year.

Two Kinds Of Rainbows

Two different types of beautiful rainbows this evening. I picked up a few fish on the indicator / leech rig. Storms rolled by to the north and south but only hit me with good views and painted skies.

Three Weight Thursday

I had a little time at lunch and decided to take a walk in the wind with the 3wt. to find a couple little gem wild browns.  Here is a quick release video of a leech chaser.

Last Trip Of 2012

A final trip to end the year, on the ice with George.  We saw a few nice rainbows and caught a couple as well.  George even found a small kokanee as well.  A slow day but a nice finale to the end of 2012.  George's cinnamon roll baking on his propane heater was something to behold.  Delicious.

My last fish of the year, a good way to end 2012.

George's famous home on the ice

Three Weight On The Stream

I took the light rod out today to walk the stream.  Unfortunately we had wind gusts to 65 mph.  It wasn't too bad along the water with a little shelter from the banks and I was able to drop my casts in close to where I was aiming most of the time.  The fish were fairly active and swirling strikes or refusals occurred at almost every good pocket, hole, or undercut bank.  The leech was working well enough that I didn't switch flies but I thought about going to a hopper with the high winds.  I may have to try a hopper on another day very soon.

Beautiful stream brown trout

Nice narrow undercut bank section