The OG

Went out after the easter functions for a few hours. i wanted to fish higher up but since i got such a late start i fished the same section that i did last week, which is quite a bit lower. the fishing sucked only manageing 1 fish, but it was a tiger which is rare and it was on top, took a skwala. as i approached the hole i swa him feeding between to rocks, i assume on midges since that's all i saw coming off. i turned over lots of stones to try and find stones but didn't see any. i was surprised. they've got to be around somewhere.

Stocking Up

green drake

green hopper

my butcher job on cheech's petite sirloin stone




green drakes

green and yellow hoppers

bout 3 dozen pat's stones

For the last 3 nights i have been getting some tying done at work since things at home are a bit disrupted with move preperations. i have been tying some stones, hoppers and some green drakes. the little green hopper i was told from wade at anglers den has worked pretty well in the past during the skwala hatch so i'm anxious to give it a wirl in the coming weeks.

A Day of Stones

the dry that didn't happen

one of these does not belong

big golden/small fish

stones of past





black/yellow pat's stone





i'd like to know when and who's going

more pat's stones





got all of it

orange/yellow pat's stone



brown in water





peaking caddis

After a night of shitty sleep i woke up bright and early. michelle and the kids were gone so decided to hit the river. i am tired, at least for the moment, of throwing streamers and wanted to throw stones for a change. i headed to the OG. i fished low on the river, a spot i had only fished once before. i was hoping to raise some fish to the surface on a big stone dry so i rigged up with a dry/dropper double stone combo. nothing came to the top as i expected but they were hitting on the droper so after a bit i just nymphed a double stone rig. caught a few fish so i was happy.

Back to work

Yesterday was my first day back to work after 2 weeks off from back surgery. i probably over exerted myself by fishing to far upstream cause i felt sore and exhausted on the way back down. i had to stop a handful of times to take a breather and get off my feet. fished up to the electric fence then headed back downstream. the water is still stained but the flows are good. olive and black on the way up and yellow and brown for the trip back down. didn't move a fish on the way back down.

Muddy Waters.......

cuttie face





felt the sting of both hooks

quite a mouthful




this little guy was sporting snake bites

olive was productive

once you go black........

no wonder land owners hate us

I'm still trying to take as much advantage of my surgery time off as possable. i went out again today for a few hours. i hit one of the usual spots and right away noticed that water is being released from somewhere cause the river was up and pretty stained. i contemplated trying to find some clearer water but a quick call to corey changed my mind. i was quickly convinced that the clearity was fine when i landed a nice little cuttie. by the time i was done for the day i had landed 5 fish, lost 2 and had several hits and chases. i did come acrossed this nice little pile of brews, no wonder land owners want us off their land. on my way out i loaded up the net. it was better then i expected.

A Few Hours

Got a message from ken (softhacke) that he was gonna fish wednsday as well so agreed to meet at mickey d's and head locally. unfortunately there was a major accident on main street and I-15 and because of these accidents traffic was backed up everywhere. it normally takes me bout 20 minutes to get to the canyon, but because of traffic it took me an hour and 45 minutes, so that killed some of our time on the river. when we both already had a deadline to be off the river the traffic really sucked. we got to the river and the river was looking pretty good. the flows were a little up and the water had just a little tint to it. a few holes up we started hitting some fish with streamers and although the day was slow it still was consistent. a few hits, a few lost fish, 1 or 2 caught. nothing big but it still was an enjoyable to get out and since i hadn't fished with ken before, it made for a good day. it always nice when you hook up with someone for the first time that they aren't a total dipshit.

What Does She Know Anyway.......

Against my doctors post surgery wishes, in which she said no fishing until she sees me in a couple of weeks, i ventured to the water. also michelle was skeptical of me going cause she thought i would push it to much and honestly so did i. i have been going nuts doing nothing everyday since my surgery and of course the weather has been great. i went out this morning but it was short lived as i got really exhausted, my back started to ache a little and my leg was a little tired as well. i was only out 2 hrs. but at least i didn't come away empty handed. i think i will try again tommorrow.