The East Fork of The Carson River
November 7, 2007
Nancy Siegler
The day was beautiful, cold in the AM but
very pleasant and clear by noon. Fishing was slow. Then in
the larger deep pools we could see fish rising ever so gently. Most just
under the surface taking very small files.
I looked through my fly box of tiny dry flies that I kept for
fishing the Green River in Utah.
I tied on a small size 24 Blue Wing Olive. Two cast and wham a very
nice fish took that tiny fly.
The fish headed down stream (I was using 6x tippet) and I was sure it would snap
my small tippet.
Then she jumped a couple of times and headed up stream. I was very careful
to give and take line with this beauty
as I knew she could break me off at will. Within a short time I was able to
bring her to the shore lift her out for a quick
picture or two and as I released her I could feel her strength return. She
was just over 20" and a Native Rainbow.
You can see the white tips on her fins, What a wonderful moment.
The end of the day where I caught that nice Rainbow.
Mother Nature always amazes me. Here John is in this majestic canyon of
volcanic rock and it is just us and this scenic river.
Here is another beautiful Native Rainbow trout caught in the East Carson River.
You can really see her white tips and I was lucky enough to feel her
fighting strength. She was about 15", caught & released...
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had drifted down from Sailor Bar, anchored up the boat and waded
out into the river just off the island where a
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