I fished the slr from 3:30 til dark today... not to far from santa cruz. The water levels were perfect. visibility was probably between 2 1/2 to 3 ft. I fished with an indicator followed by an egg pattern, followed by a copper john. I had a nice run mostly to myself. At one point some dude came down and started skipping rocks about 30 ft from me into the river. His dog would then run after them. I was very pissed off to say the least, but gave the guy the benefit of the "doesn't know any better." Hiked up 1/2 mile and fished some more.
In both spots I had several grabs . Some felt more significant than others. I should mention that my indicator was actually a grasshopper dry fly. (i forgot to bring anything else) So most of the time the 'indicator' was submerged. I guess it was good practice on keeping a tight line. Caught a non hatchery baby on the copper john, but nothing else landed.
The steelhead season on this river is almost over, and for the 2nd year in a row I'm looking to get skunked. Sure do love getting off work early and going fishing in my home town rather than driving for 4 hours.
Here is a shot of a spot i hiked to. Sorry it's hard to see. Took it w/ my camera phone when it was almost dark out. This was a nice little run, but didn't see any fish moving through
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