Gorgeous day out there, water low and crystal clear. Stream crowded at times (sorry if I got too close to anybody!) - saw a couple guys looking furtive - bait slingers maybe? 

Hooked into a fiesty 17" rainbow at the pool below the big riffle/rapid, 2 holes down fron the the bridge. He was nice and hot, and jumped a few times with my egg pattern hooked in the side of his mouth before I brought him in, thanks to Dale, a helpful fellow with a net on the other side of the stream.

While working back upstream I quickly hit two more on the same fly, a hefty one in fast water that shook off before a fight, and a beautifully colored 10" cutthroat that looked pure except for no slash mark below the gill plates.

Lots of tiny dries coming of in the afternoon. Saw guys drawing strikes, but few takes, on tiny PMD comparaduns (20-22) and I  actually ran onto a small hatch of small yellow stoneflies down at #3 access pocket water (I guess we have the glorious weather to thank!) and took probably 10 in the next hour between my #16 yellow stone dry, #2o Micro caddis emerger on a 12" dropper.

Probably the biggest fish of the day though was back on the egg pattern, in deep water below a riffle at near dark, when I hooked into the mossy bottom. Only as I carefully pulled what I thought was a branch toward me into the current, it suddenly started throbbing and the line took off downstream. I just had time to set the hook properly, before it rolled to the surface in the fast water below me, and in my surprise at the size of the thing did not let of the pressure as it breached, and out slipped the knot on the fly!

What an amazing day, on a fantastically diverse river, it really has something for everyone! Hopefully everyone will treat the spawners with respect this year, and allow them the chance to replenish this bounty that we all enjoy so much! There are plenty of other fish in the river interested in eating flies, after all!

Speaking of which, the browns are either spawning or getting ready too, I would guess, as I saw some fish the size of sharks,in very shallow fast water. Please be nice, and find some other fish to play with!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!