The Long Riffle

It almost never appeals to me driving by, but the reports of killer dry fly fishing with PMDs, drakes, flavs, and salmonflies was alluring.  I drove past where the salmonflies were rumored to be (Windy to Mac), and to my favorite side channel above West.  It only had a couple people fishing the upper part, and nobody down low.  From the bank I could see a few fish rising to PMDs.  And they were doin' it around that bottom island.

It was good until the wind came up and the late afternoon storm blew in.  I went to Reynolds to sit through it, and attempted to fish the evening below the camp.  No use for the water on the east side of the river below Reynolds.  West side didn't look much better except for one side channel.  Go lower, or higher.  Anywhere but there.

A lot of these

FOD #16

A sipper on the bank here

This guy

There are some crawling

A stray

What the hell, why not?

A blind drift right against this willow . . . 

The biggest fish of the day slammed it

Then this shit ended the day