First Fish 2011!

When I woke up this morning it was 34 degrees, and snowing! So much for the first day of spring! I had a ton of things to get done before I head out of town for work later this week, so naturally, I got in the truck and headed for the river. When I got to the river I found I was far from the first one there, so I had to do a little searching for a stretch to call my own. Upstream quite a ways I found an empty parking space, and no other fishermen. I geared up and hiked up the river a bit with plans to fish my way back to the truck. My second cast produced a swing and miss by a trout, 2 casts later I brought him to hand, fish #1, a small rainbow:

I continued my way downstream, casting and swinging a white wooly bugger. I noticed early on the fish were hitting (as they usually do) at the end of a swing rather than on the strip, so I just kept on swinging! The next hour and a half brought a half dozen or so fish to hand, or close enough, and quite a few more hookups that ended in the old LDR...long distance release! A nice mix of browns and bows, with a couple in the 15" class, very nice fish!

When I reached the truck I was damp and cold, the temperature dropped another couple degrees. I called it a day and moved onto my errands!

I will be out of town until April 11, but after that my calendar is open for trout fishing trips! It won't be long until the stripers are here (more info for saltwater trips coming soon!)  Hope to hear from you soon, Captain Bill

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