The upper end of the river opened up on January 1 and we have been having some great action so far on the American. The new spawning gravel added by the DFG in 2008 is full of spawning salmon and steelhead and there are active fish all around the area, as well as active fishermen. Brian got up early for the opener and landed a few nice fish around sailor bar despite the heavy pressure. Even during the weekdays the river is getting pounded, but it is still producing fish. We have been landing alot of halfpounder types nymphing with caddis and egg imitations and some bigger fish swinging leeches. Here are some pics from my outing last friday. I only fished for a couple of hours and managed 2 nice fish. One wild male and a chromy hatchery female. Enjoy!
2 comments:
Hey Char -
Love your blogs - damn, you need to be writing for some mag!!! Seriously!!! Keep it up. You def make me want to learn to flyfish!
But you need a way for people to sign up as "team members"
Charlie...we love your news!Next it should be video so stay in good shape for those close ups!!! I agree you make even me want to fish!!! You know we have a Montana site and will work on finding you a local nirvana river there...pray for lots of rain and baby fishies...Paula and Charlie-a perfect candidate for inspiration
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