YO,
Put on @ 8:00 AM Saturday morning at the Manhattan Bridge. Things were a little boney off the bat which was no problem because we were in Slojac’s Cat-a-raft. To all you sayers of nay out there, this was the perfect boat for this float. I would have destroyed my Hyde on this stretch. Anywho, due to the river’s level you knew exactly where the trout were gonna be. It was a forward row to the next sweet spot type of deal. We only pulled one fish out of each hole though, not a multiple fish deal. No action on hoppers, or steamers but just plain ol’ bead head nymphs was getting’em. Slojac lost 3 nice fish, toads that we had visual confirmation on and we landed a few smaller ones. There are some really nice fish in that river.
A few nuggets of wisdom:
1.) They don’t start selling beer till 8:00 AM
2.) They don’t start selling beer till 8:00 AM
We also forgot the lighter as to enjoy a nice post fish ciggy. So no lighter we decided to try the fire bow trick. We fashioned a fire bow and got some dry grass and actually got some smoke happening. After our 6th attempt we decided we really didn’t want a cigarette that bad, BUT it will work with perseverance.
Have fun out there and always practice safe fish handling!
Meade
Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures
888-777-5060
406-585-8667
