04-21-2008, 10:07 PM
so i went up to spinney to fish the dream stream and took some photos. i heard a rumor that spinney might open saturday. eleven mile still has alot of ice on it as you can see from the pics, but cross creek was open and the bank tanglers were out in force. i also got me a new fishing buddy as you will see in the pics. this damn thing followed me for about an hour.
onto the report.
first, what a great day to go ishing, save the wind.
Dream Stream: fished it from about 0715 until 1030. nothing, nadda, zilch. the wind blew me off the river around 1030'ish so i decided to hit the canyon. on a side note there were a few guys below me throwing small tube jigs on spinning rods and having a little bit of luck.
Eleven Mile Canyon. I started at eleven mile park, where the foot bridge is. i only went up as far as springer gulch and counted 12 people fishing including myself. i decided i would try something different. i started with a copper john in the deep pool above the bridge. as usual nothing. so i said, what the hell lets try a San Juan worm, red to be exact. first cast BAM! i knew i had a nice fish. i had it in my hand and the hook cam un-buttoned. the second i looked up after the hook came off the fish flipped in my hand and off he went. i would make a guess saying he was close to 19 inches and a good 3 to 4 pounds. im still hitting myself for not tossing it on the bank the second i had him in my hands, but Trout_Slayer says if you touch it, it counts as a catch. i must have hooked close to 30 fish down in the canyon, working various spots. either a red san juan worm, or a green copper john. thing is i would get these fish within three to four feet of me and they would come undone. i have to be doing something wrong. the one i had in my and was by far the biggest. the canyon was pretty well protected from the wind, but a gust came up here and there. everyone else i had stopped and talked to had not had any luck what so ever.
i came home early because of a little rumor i heard about Taylor. so it turns out im getting up at about 0230 and driving all the way up there to find out if its true. im also thinking about hitting the frying pan wends. ill post reports on where ever i go while im still in the states. i hope the pictures resize themselves.
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onto the report.
first, what a great day to go ishing, save the wind.
Dream Stream: fished it from about 0715 until 1030. nothing, nadda, zilch. the wind blew me off the river around 1030'ish so i decided to hit the canyon. on a side note there were a few guys below me throwing small tube jigs on spinning rods and having a little bit of luck.
Eleven Mile Canyon. I started at eleven mile park, where the foot bridge is. i only went up as far as springer gulch and counted 12 people fishing including myself. i decided i would try something different. i started with a copper john in the deep pool above the bridge. as usual nothing. so i said, what the hell lets try a San Juan worm, red to be exact. first cast BAM! i knew i had a nice fish. i had it in my hand and the hook cam un-buttoned. the second i looked up after the hook came off the fish flipped in my hand and off he went. i would make a guess saying he was close to 19 inches and a good 3 to 4 pounds. im still hitting myself for not tossing it on the bank the second i had him in my hands, but Trout_Slayer says if you touch it, it counts as a catch. i must have hooked close to 30 fish down in the canyon, working various spots. either a red san juan worm, or a green copper john. thing is i would get these fish within three to four feet of me and they would come undone. i have to be doing something wrong. the one i had in my and was by far the biggest. the canyon was pretty well protected from the wind, but a gust came up here and there. everyone else i had stopped and talked to had not had any luck what so ever.
i came home early because of a little rumor i heard about Taylor. so it turns out im getting up at about 0230 and driving all the way up there to find out if its true. im also thinking about hitting the frying pan wends. ill post reports on where ever i go while im still in the states. i hope the pictures resize themselves.
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