Karen and I just got back from 14 days of camping with family and friends. We did lots of fly fishing too!
We decided on this particular day to walk close to 8 km into a stretch of water we wanted to spend some time fly fishing. The last time we were there, thunderstorms turned us back to the truck! But this time was different! We got a good start and after 5 km, we took a break while I tried to climb down to see if the canyon section just below us was fishable. Sadly it was high and running fast in a narrow box canyon!
So we finally got above the canyon and ventured off to see if we could connect with some cutthroat and possibly some bull trout too! We tied on an Orange Crush Chernobyl and started to explore. The water was moving fast and there was no chance to fish both sides of the river so we were content to fly fish the edges of side we were on.
It did not take long to connect with some cutts. They were quite aggressive too! We mostly dry fly fished but occasionally we nymphed when the cutts did not rise for our foam chernobyls. The interesting part of the day was the light coloured cutts mainly due to the milky glacial water.
We had to scramble down some steep spots and carefully move around in fast flowing water. We were cautious.
As the afternoon wore on, thunderstorms started to roll in. Our Norwegian Elkhound, Pepper, got quite anxious so we hot footed it back to the truck!
We landed about a dozen cutthroat trout and two small bull trout! It was a great day.
We wanted to avoid the big crowds our blue ribbon cutthroat rivers have this time of the year. It was well worth the effort. The hike was about 16 km total. Karen's activity APP said we climbed 90 flights of stairs. I laughed.
We stopped for ice cream as we headed back to our camp sight! We also treated ourselves to extra dessert at supper! We earned it!
There was a lot of water to explore. We hope to get back in a few weeks!
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