So my buddy and I made it out to the Carson for the first time. Labor day weekend (Sunday). Got on the water a little before 8:00am downstream of Hangman's. Beautiful river. We did alot of walking to get away from all the people that eventually showed up. I rigged up the night before with a stonefly nymph and a caddis dropper. I had a first on this trip. I always start with a nymph set-up and this first hole we got to had a few fish rising regularly. We fished the nymphs for 20 min with nothing until my buddy got a big tangle and cut his off and tied on a dry. His second cast with a BWO and wham!, fish on, 14" rainbow that he got close and then lost it due to a bad knot. ( He knew it was bad when he tied it!) After that I got rid of the nymph rig and tied on my own BWO and bam! fish on. Brought mine to the net, a 12" wild rainbow. After the release, a few more casts and another fish, on. Lost this one. I think it was my first time actually seeing and fishing a "hatch". After that we saw a few more rises and then that hole totally shut down. We fished for about 4 hours total, landed 3, hooked 6. I can't wait to head back there. Next time I'm not going on a holiday. We planned to fish above the bridge after lunch but it looked like a party all along the banks, people everywhere!
