Well, I'm just a posting fool these days, so here is another.
Drove up to Dunsmuir and Grandma watched Anna while Grandpa and I went fishing. We headed to the McCloud... a river I love deeply and have not managed to fish for at least the past two years... I was hoping it wouldn't feel slighted, hold it against me. I told it that, ya know, I had a kid, things change... it seems to understand.
We didn't get there until about noon. Decided to go to the Conservancy, since that would make for easier getting around for my dad. There were only 2 cars at the end of the road and 3 tags out. We went just 1/4 mile or so down from the cabin and hit the water. Man... that place is just beautiful.
We fished for about 5 hours total, didn't see another angler on the water. I caught a few fish on #16 BHPT's with a little red dubbing mixed in and a few on a #18 midge pattern... also picked up a few high stick dry fly fishing in little pockets. Nothing big, 11" was my largest and I even got a 4"er. Ended up with 13 and my dad had 7 (6 caught in his last hour). Small fish were in the pockets and the big fish... well, I didn't catch any big fish so I can't tell you much about them.
I threw streamers a little bit and was excited to see one large brown come out and charge the fly... this guy was MAD, but he didn't eat it, didn't stick around and didn't come back. Fun to see the fish though.
Temps were lovely and really, you could not ask for a better August afternoon on a more beautiful river. Got back in time for dinner with the folks and my daughter.
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