It looked like it might rain this morning but I took a chance it was just going to be overcast, and I took off to do a little trout fishing. This is a river I haven’t fished for many years. A friend of mine fished it last year and caught some good browns, so I thought I’d give it try.

The river looks really good. It has some deep runs with “bombshelters” for good trout to hide and as well it has plenty of inviting riffles.

I saw some big trout that looked at small streamer flies, but only managed to catch a bunch of smaller trout. There was a fair blue-winged olive emergence this morning and I saw a few hendrickson duns just after lunch before the sun came out. The trout were uninterested in flies on the surface today though, so I drifted nymphs and cast streamers.

It was great to get out and explore this stream. Lovely day – and no rain.