Wayne, Eoin and myself headed out early Tuesday morning to set camp at Dutch campground and get a early start. After torrential rain fall the previous two days the Oldman and Racehorse were very high and reminded me of chocolate milk. I will not lie...I was sceptical. After camp was set ventured from the camp site and upstream from Dutch campground. Water was relatively high, bit mercy and limited visibility but thought to be fishable. Fished a little over 2.5 hours casting streamers, nymphs and foam. Some strikes on Olive and Black Woolly Buggers but nothing landed. Before we were rained out landed a 11" cutty on a foam salmon belly bullshead. Travis and Jason arrived later that night and we all spent some time trying our luck. Nothin doin. On Wednesday the weather was prime and hit the Livingston. Nothing for the first hour or so. Just after noon some risers...finally. About 10 in all landed, the biggest a 18" on a Adams. Seemed to be the ticket. Adams, Wulff, Humpies and Caddis faired well. In the evening Worked over the Dutch and all seemed to be smiles. A bunch of Cutties all around the 12" - 15" range. Foam orange and black including Adams, Caddis and Humpies did the trick. Woke nice and early Thursday morning to give the Oldman a go. A waste as the water didn't clear or slow a whole lot. Back to Livingstone. Same routine as the previous day. Productive in the early afternoon on the Livingstone and the same on the Dutch in the evening. On Friday enjoyed a big breakfast and finished the trip on the Dutch. Very successful! Go figure that the best day was cut short by reality. In the end I claimed the Annual fishing trip trophy totalling 64" followed by Wayne at 59" and close behind Travis at 54".
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nice net!
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