June 28, 2008

Finally it is great to be home and check up on some of my local favorites. The water all over the west is running high, and I have seen alot of it in the last three weeks travelling through Oregon, Washington and Idaho. I found a little creek that feeds the Moyie River near Bonners Ferry that I had never fished before and my two brothers and I had a wonderful time catching little native westslope cutthroat. It was particularly special to me because most of the streams that far north have become so overrun with brook trout that it is a special occasion to find a creek with almost nothing but cutts. I went out to check on the Portneuf and Toponce creek last night. The Portneuf was high and muddy, when farmers want water they get water. Toponce Creek was high but actually fished pretty well. I talked with another fly angler that was doing well on a wooly bugger. I had a hard time passing up the rising fish so I threw a parachute adams which always seems to be the go to on this creek. I expect the water to be very clear maybe even within a week or so and for appetites to be voracious. Sometimes mother nature surprises us with water and we have to wait until that magical day when the runoff has finally finished. Thanks for the good winter. I think that I might have to push south of the border for a few days in the coming weeks and test out some of the water in the Logan area.