The flow is low. The fair weather's been good except for a couple of windy evenings. The camp is always good. It's a comfortable place. Full of fish. No shortages of challenging fish. It ain't great but it's entertaining. It would take weeks to fish all of the available and productive sections from the preserve clear down below Priest. I only scratched the surface.
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| After a few of days of mahoganies, this was pretty much the name of the game. #20s, and that was really still too big. |
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| I fished to this guy for a couple of hours one afternoon with not so much as a single take. He was constantly pigging in front of me the whole time. Went back to him the next day and still didn't get any love until I took the smallest mole in my box, trimmed it down, and tied it on a few feet of 7X. |
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| Most of this species was spawning or getting ready to, and I saw some monsters over some deeper gravel beds, but very few were feeding on top. There were four giants from 20 to 24 inches I watched in that deep pump house run. Didn't try to catch 'em. |
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| Lotsa good fish |
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| Spend a day down here at point of rocks throwing mahoganies at some fish late morning. Best mahogany hatch on the creek, but short. |
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| Favorite fall bug. |
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| It didn't matter where I went, I couldn't get away from these things. The preserve, point of rocks, and even a little side creek. |
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| Speaking of little side creeks, I should have fished it way more. It had somebody on it the last 2 days, but maybe next time. It was great one evening. |
Hello,
ReplyDeleteI’ve been reading your blog for years now. Thanks for sharing your adventures. Part of my interest in your blog is that we fish many of the same places- tail waters and spring creeks in Montana and Idaho. So it is interesting to me to see how your experiences compare to mine in the same places. Another interesting coincidence? that shows how similar our fishing is- I looked at the dates and pictures of that Silver Creek little side creek that you mentioned somebody was fishing two days, and guess who that was?
Yup, you guessed it. It is a fun, intimate, novel and very challenging place to fish. Difficult to get a fly over a fish without spooking it or others nearby. Hatches, and dry fly fishing, due to the weather, sure aren’t what they used to be in that area. However, I still try to go there annually because I think it is one of the most beautiful places I know. And I agree that the moose seem to be worse each year. I had a bull charge by me so close chasing a female that I could have reached out and touched it! Scared the heck out of me!
Thanks again.
Small world! Or at least a tight-knit community. It's disturbing what has happened to the hatches over the decades not only around Picabo, but the entire west. Even on spring creeks. Something is going on, not good. Perhaps our paths will cross again. Would be fun to meet you and compare notes since we frequent many of the same areas. I hope to pick up my same routines starting in early June. Don't hesitate to reach out. Pooner99@gmail.com. Jim.
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