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Yesterday I went down the South Fork American with a local donor who wanted to show me the S. Fork ropes. We accessed the river with IK's and did the Lotus/Greenwood run. This was Wednesday and early, so the flows were down to something like 300 CFS, as opposed to the 1,400 CFS that gets sent down river for whitewater and power generation. At 300 the river was a piece of cake... I had never been in an IK before and I found it pretty easy to get around. We'd get out before the water we wanted to fish and then IK down to the next spot.
The fishing was pretty fun. I have to say that I don't think I've ever caught hotter rainbows... anywhere. These things pulled really, really hard for their size. I only landed three, plus a 20" Northern Sac Pike Minnow (Squaw Fish), but I must have hooked another 12-15, including one I lost at my feet that was about 18" and fought like a steelie. I even had a fish break a hook at the bend.
I was really surprised to find such fun fishing on the S. Fork, as it is not known as a great fishery. This kind of fishing you need to do eitehr before the pulse comes or after it leaves, which limits your options a bit, but it was a lot of fun and I'll be back to do it again... and next time I'm bringing my 5 wt, not my 4 wt.
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