Rivermaniac
Well-Known Member
Hi guys and gals been awhile since I posted something here. I'll do a bit of a report today.
Was out at the forks of the credit on Sunday morning till mid afternoon to try and test my luck on uncharted river and being my first time there I found it quite peaceful.
Just south side of the Dominion bridge I started my day going down the river and never had thought that it was shallow but I did my three hour trek throwing upstreams with dries. I saw a few small rise above the water and decided on a size 14 tan caddis as a start with a prince bh on the end of the line. First cast bam a hit pulled up my rod from the excitement and it was a bit to rough and a bow started flying towards my face lol but had a fast enough reaction and hit my chest and the now was gone unhooked. Just my luck I thought.
A few minutes later I found a suitable run that lead to a nice huge stone cast my line again up stream lead it down to a drift this time a felt a small tug. Pulled my tip up gently this time and wham it took my dry and started to run and jumped out of the water to shake off but I kept my cool and a minute later I caught my very first brown for the season.
It was a 9 inch brown and I was excited and the feeling was like getting my first candy as a kid. I spent another hour or so in the same area to test my luck with another brown but did not catch anything else except for a few 3-4 inches of bows.
I left and trekked out to another area and headed my way up to hwy 24 just a few minutes where I was at. This time I waded thru an area that was open and many deep holes.
Trekked all the way down to a dam with fast waters and a few still waters. Waded down a bit and I set my self up and scared a few while wading down. I know I should've been a bit quieter but hey my first outing by myself. Didn't know better. Met 2 guys on the way down and see if they had any luck that day but all they caught was a few small 3-4 inch brooks like the one bellow.
Btw sorry for almost hooking one of them I was trying to get unstuck on a rock didn't notice that the other fellow was gone and went into my blind spot. We did had a good laugh about it though. But that it for my report hope you guys and gals enjoyed reading this piece. I'll be around the forks again next week to see if I can test my luck again.
Cheers,
Cris
Was out at the forks of the credit on Sunday morning till mid afternoon to try and test my luck on uncharted river and being my first time there I found it quite peaceful.
Just south side of the Dominion bridge I started my day going down the river and never had thought that it was shallow but I did my three hour trek throwing upstreams with dries. I saw a few small rise above the water and decided on a size 14 tan caddis as a start with a prince bh on the end of the line. First cast bam a hit pulled up my rod from the excitement and it was a bit to rough and a bow started flying towards my face lol but had a fast enough reaction and hit my chest and the now was gone unhooked. Just my luck I thought.
A few minutes later I found a suitable run that lead to a nice huge stone cast my line again up stream lead it down to a drift this time a felt a small tug. Pulled my tip up gently this time and wham it took my dry and started to run and jumped out of the water to shake off but I kept my cool and a minute later I caught my very first brown for the season.
It was a 9 inch brown and I was excited and the feeling was like getting my first candy as a kid. I spent another hour or so in the same area to test my luck with another brown but did not catch anything else except for a few 3-4 inches of bows.
I left and trekked out to another area and headed my way up to hwy 24 just a few minutes where I was at. This time I waded thru an area that was open and many deep holes.
Trekked all the way down to a dam with fast waters and a few still waters. Waded down a bit and I set my self up and scared a few while wading down. I know I should've been a bit quieter but hey my first outing by myself. Didn't know better. Met 2 guys on the way down and see if they had any luck that day but all they caught was a few small 3-4 inch brooks like the one bellow.
Btw sorry for almost hooking one of them I was trying to get unstuck on a rock didn't notice that the other fellow was gone and went into my blind spot. We did had a good laugh about it though. But that it for my report hope you guys and gals enjoyed reading this piece. I'll be around the forks again next week to see if I can test my luck again.
Cheers,
Cris
