March 21, 2008

Went with Albert Hansen again to the Bear River and did really well. From the bridge at the Black Canyon access I fished further from the bridge today than I usually do and picked up alot of fish. The average fish seemed to be much larger the further I ventured from the bridge. The water clarity and quality was excellent as they are holding more water back at the Grace dam which helped the wading and the catching. Today was mostly cloudy and about 45 degrees. For the most part heavy weighted streamers were the best bet with a big conehead sculpin pattern being the winner for the day. Albert didn't do so well today he was trying to fish dries to imaginary rising fish, just like he saw those Utah guys doing. Check out Albert's latest picture.

March 14, 2008

I had a coaches clinic in Missoula MT and decided to drive south a little and fish the famous Bitteroot river today. Met a guy at the river that said he knew the river pretty well so I fished with him. I only caught 1 fish today, a big old ugly squawfish. I was a little early on the skwala hatch but had a good time and got to see some great country.

March 7, 2008

Number 30 almost made me late for dinner. Went fishing today with Albert Hanson and I totally kicked his butt. I tried for twenty minutes to get number 30 on the line and finally had to pack it up and leave. The weather was not as nice as it was last Saturday, but the fishing was just as good in Black Canyon. As you can see in the picture there were a few fish up in the afternoon. It's always pretty fun to take a decent fish on small flies, in this case it was a #20 parachute adams. I was struggling a little at first then found this big ugly streamer in my box that I think I stole from a friend of mine. I caught 28 fish on that streamer but I'll have to wait another day for number 30.

Happy fishin',

Kevin

Bear River -- March 1, 2008

I couldn't believe my eyes when I woke up and it was 42 degrees at 7:00 AM. After the long winter we had around here it was a beautiful morning. I decided to take a trip to Black Canyon and it was even warmer there. Nymphing the big holes in the canyon was not the name of the game today. Picked up a few fish on the big green ugly early. Then about 9:00 midges started to come off and the fish were up. Found half a dozen fish or so on a #20 Griffith's gnat and another few on a #22 Parachute Adams. The real winner of the day was swimming big wooly buggers in black, brown and olive through the big holes. Also dead drifting and stripping them strait back upstream picked up good numbers of fish. I talked to one kid from Logan that had come up for the day and was doing great on a size 8 brown bugger with a little split shot for extra weight. No need for a sinking line here. All said, I landed about 20 fish in 2 hours with most of the fish in the 14 - 18 inch range.

Happy Trails,
Kevin