Other Side

It's been over 30 years, near as I can remember, since I've fished this creek on the other side of the river.  You can't get on it during PMD season, but I found a cancellation right after the flood last month and jumped on it.  I had remembered it as having more flat water, lots of broad pools, and some pretty spooky fish compared to Armstrong's and Depuy's.  That's what I found.  But they were eatin' right from the start.  They took every fly I tied on too!  I fished one pool for 4 hours, so was throwing at the same 8 or 10 fish except for the two or three newcomers every hour or so. The fish demanded the perfect drift, so it was a 6X morning.  I watched fish refuse naturals all morning!  But the fly wasn't as important.  If they didn't eat one, they ate another.  I did continue the pattern of fucking up the three or four bigger fish that ate.  Broken tippet, a log, a tear-out, just a miss.  The usual stuff.  Maybe next year . . . 

The PHD was still the star of the show

Eats on the spider

Oldie but goodie, a LaFontaine Halo Emerger

I forgot what this one is called, but I could see it and they ate it.

There's an emerger up there

I fished this flat for four hours to constant risers.