Big Truck

Well the water is finally starting to clear up a bit and the fish are looking for food.  I made it out to the Big Truckee today and fished for about 5 hours and what a day.  The second fish of the day took the fly under the indicator and took me out into the fast water.  I decided to go in after him, Brad Pitt style... bad idea.  I proceeded to bounce 50 yards down stream filling up the waders twice.  By the time I found dry land I had the line all wrapped around my net on my back and I had to land the fish by hand.  Ended up stipping down to my underoos for a half hour to dry up a bit, oh and I lost my 120 dollar smiths.

Here's the one that drug me in.

Here's a beautiful 20 inch buck that took one under the indicator.  All in all a great day with 10 fish in the net.

Spring in the high Sierra

Well I was finally able to get out and chase some trout after buying a new house.  Being a home owner sure cuts into a guys fishing time.  I ended up with 3 trout in the net at one of my all time favorite places.  I got all three to take flies under the indicator and couldn't turn a head on the streamer.

Bro's from Cali

Had some freinds come up this weekend and we gave it hell.  We fished all over and had some luck here and there.  My buddy was able to pick up 4 on the san juan and I moved some big browns with the streamer but couldn't keep them on.  I just drove over the river today in town and it looks like we got out in time before the chocolate milk came.

Made it out to pyramid near the end of the weekend and had some mixed results.  Sat night the bite was on but the fish were all average.  Sunday was much of the same but with fewer fish.  Rojo grande... aka bluey the great used up all his luck at the casinos, and the loaded fly box he found.

Pyramid 4-3-11

Made it out to pyramid today.  Got out there around 12 with the intention of staying until dark but it was pretty slow later in the day.  I ended up landing 3 fish and missing 1 other.  This fish pulled the line out of my hand as the line was sinking, he ended up weighing 6 3/4 #s and fought pretty well.  Talking with a few other fisherman I guess on friday or saturday the wind blew pretty hard and murked up the water, it was still a little murky today.

Smith River

Well the Smith was tough this year.  The Smith is a river that needs lots of rain, and much of January there was very little.  We fished two boats two days and saw very little action.  I hooked one first thing sat. morning and snapped off, I hooked one on sunday and fought him for a bit and the hook pulled out.  The Smith has just recently gone back to barbless hooks so we lost more than we landed.  My buddy Pete hooked one in the 10 pound range and the hook pulled out right in front of us.  Had a great time smashin' up there in the RV and drinking beer all weekend.  Better luck next time Pollack.....

Getting ready tho head up to the Smith River on the coast of the Northern CA to fish with Kevin Brock for steelhead.  I fished him 2 years ago and caught this 20.5 pounder and another around 12 pounds.  If you get a chance check out his web site fishkevinbrock.com.  He's been slayin fish since the 1st of January and it looks to be nice weather for us when we're there. 

Banner Day

I had a chance to get out to pyramid on new years eve and the last day of 2010 was pretty good to me.  When I started fishing around 8 am it was 11 degrees out and never really got above 25 the rest of the day.  The day started out pretty slow and then around the 2 o'clock hour the bite turned on.  I ended up with 9 fish on the day.  I missed 3 other bites and lost 2 that were hooked.  It was one hell of a cold day but man was it a blast.  So cold in fact that my reel was freezing up solid, I had to land quite a few by stripping.

Christmas Eve Cutty's

It turned out to be a descent day out at pyramid.  I landed 8 fish, lost 3 or 4 that were hooked, and missed another 4.  Nothing huge today but had a lot of fun.

The Usual Suspects

Sat down and tied for a couple hours.  Sometimes there's nothing like cranking your favorite tunes, drinking a few beers, and tying a few flies.  I got a paid holiday tomorrow so I'm headed out to Pyramid to see if I can track down a big fish or two.  Last year around about this time there were several fish in the 12 to 15 lb. range from shore.

Pyramid today.

Went out to pyramid day and got blown up and down the place.  Fished for about 6 hours and only landed the one.  I did hook into two others and fought them for a while but the hook pulled out of both of them.  They were both good fish in the 24/25 inch range.  It was pretty slow out there today, not sure if it was the sun but there weren't to many people hooking up

Fall Brown

Well it was another beautiful day on the Truckee.  The flows have dropped considerably and the fish are starting to get cold and spooky.  This big girl took a streamer and had another follower that was the same class of fish.  Be careful where you step and keep a watchful eye for reds.