May 28, 2008

I have been around and checked a few places out but have not spent much time anywhere. Last week I spent about an hour at 24 Mile reservoir and had no trouble finding fish. I was having trouble hooking up however. I was getting consistent strikes fishing a little caddis emerger. I was fishing without an indicator and strikes were really hard to detect. There was a lot of "swirling" going on from 7:00 on. I also drove up to Toponce Creek the other day and the gate was still closed. I talked to one guy who said that they were supposed to open the gate yesterday but I have not been back to check it out because the water was raging. Pebble Creek road was open but the creek was blown out by runoff. I did fish the Portneuf below the Pebble Creek bridge yesterday about 11:00. There were a few mayflies coming off but not enough to get the fish looking up. I picked up a few chunky rainbows but only had about half an hour so I didn't get a real good idea of what's going on.

May 10, 2008

Portneuf at Pebble Bridge

I got to go to one of my favorite local creeks this last weekend. Tobee and I went to Birch Creek and fished it a few miles north of Lone Pine. We had a great time throwing small dries to brookies and rainbows. I fished backwards, trying to find a pattern that wouldn't work and after many attempts on only didn't catch fish on a yellow sally. We fished for about 5 hours and landed over 150 fish. Somebody out there tell me if I'm wrong but there were redds all over the upper reaches of the creek. Must have been spawning rainbows, even though I thought all the rainbows in the creek were triploid fish. Good reports from 24 mile and Chesterfield from boats trolling hardware, bank fishermen and float tubers. No motors on 24 Mile. Streamers, chironomids and nymphs fished under indicators have all been producing. I personally can't wait for the opener on the Portneuf. There has been more water this year than last and we should see pretty consistant flows and the water is getting clearer everyday. Toponce and Pebble should even be ready for the opener with the cold temperatures keeping the runoff pretty moderate.



Good Luck,

Coach