So had 2 close friends that wanted me to take them out on a river or two, so to the LT and Big T we went. But ofcourse I couldnt pass up fishing them as well, due to tying up a new streamer that I needed to try out. So Paul aka djwatts, myself and my good friend Chip set out on a mission. Got to the spot at 8am and at only 30 degrees there were very few people at the parking lot. Only the die hards deal well with the cold. They started gettin fish pretty much right off the bat, and ofcourse on the usual spring time bugs. It was a blast seeing these guys gettin on fish and seeing their rods bent over. And with the site of that I had to get some casts in here and there, and even tested out the new streamer which not only got me a fish on the LT (which can be tough) but on the Big T too. So guess ill be tying up a few more of these bad boys. Whats cool about it is that it has the darting action like i have only seen on Zorros spooks and husky jerks, and now I made a streamer that does this. Even though there wasnt to much bug activity on the LT in the morning, it didnt seem like the fish cared all that much, cuz the fishing action was great. We fished the LT till about 12:30 and we decided to hit the Big T up. The Big T had some great mayfly and midge activity, but the fish were not acting on it what so ever. We did manage to get 3 fish in a 3 hour period, I got one fish on the new streamer and a huge Big T tod on a skwala, and Chip got a nice Big T trout on a mayfly pattern too. At about 4pm we decided to go back to the LT and it was a great choice. Non stop action until we left. Cant remember the exact number of fish hooked that day, but I do know that we landed a good 20 fish between the 3 of us on the LT and 3 on the Big T between Chip and I. All in all a great day for everyone. My buddy Chip landed his biggest Rainbow on a fly rod to date and by far his best fly fishing day ever, Paul had one of his best days on the river this yr (except for steelhead season) and I landed my biggest Rainbow on the LT on my 3wt to date, and my biggest Rainbow to date on the Big T.
Here are a few pics from the EPIC Sierra Mission. A few fish from the Big T.
Back to the LT we went.
-- Edited by brian clemens on Wednesday 5th of May 2010 09:47:04 AM
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Those are all nice fish ! They would be even nicer if they weren't spawners. Between the post here and kienes that river outta be nice and crowded in the coming weeks. Don't mean to bust your balls Brian. I'm sure your just trying to promote the guideing thing.
Nice fish!!!!! I'm surprised there isn't more snow on the ground given the late winter. You look comfortable in your long sleeve shirt. I'm still trying to figure out why your buddy is dressed like the Abominable Snowman??? Just landing a fish with all of that gear should be an accomplishment.
Your pictures have singlehandedly extended the website page to an all time width. It took my cable access 48 seconds to scroll across!!! But well worth the visual.
Thanks Bob, days like that make me want to live up there year round. Ya paul is something else, i guess he thought it was cold. Ya it was a lil bit, but not to bad. But when the hands got wet, thats when it wasnt very nice. But it was a great day, with weather and the fishing.
-- Edited by brian clemens on Wednesday 5th of May 2010 09:43:16 AM
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Fishing isnt about catching fish, its not about who caught the most, or who caught the biggest, its about the experience that you have on the water, and the life long bonds you make with others on the journey to becoming a better person inside.
