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Sammy and I were up in the Sonora area this past weekend for a gig with our band and managed to put in a 6 hour day on the middle fork of the Stanislaus. Im sure he'll post a more educated update, but in a nut shell it was a great day. All four of us in the group pulled in at least a couple, sammy won most fish of the day with a good handfull.
There were risers in different parts of the river all day, with more productivity coming after the noon hour. I pulled in the winner of the day, a 20 inch brownie, caught on a black foam beetle. It was the biggest fish I've pulled in thus far in my few years as a fly fisherman. I watched him rise and feed under a tree for probably an hour, missed him with a small black fly, and finally hooked into him with the beetle. First fish I ever caught on a beetle, and also the longest fight I've had with a trout. He was too big to even hold onto with one hand easily (ofcourse Sammy was 100 yards down stream and had the only camera so there was no picture taken).
The group pulled in a nice handfull of rainbows and brownies, mostly dry flying. Sammy only caught one on a nymph, the rest were all drys. Small hatches happened on and off throughout the day and I think that, and the fact the the sun never acutally hit the water, kept the fish feeding most of the day.
All in all it was a great day of fishing. The weather stayed nice and not too warm. I wish we could have camped out and spent a good long time learning the area, but this was a gig trip first and foremost, and a fishing trip second.
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