Scofield - Couldn't ask for a nicer day

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Three of us fished Scofield today from our tubes.  We launched on the southeast side of the reservoir about 9:00 and fished until about 3:00 using our usual fly tackle.

We used medium sinking lines with size 6 and 8 bead head leeches in black/green, black/red, black/purple, and a tan/brown soft hackle with a white bead head.  We picked up one 15” rainbow, one 15” tiger trout, and the rest were cutthroats from 13” to 19” long.  The average fish was in the 17” range and in good shape.  Most of the fish were caught while stripping the line in from near the bottom.  Most of the fish that I caught were in less than 10” of water.
 
The water temperature was 58-62 degrees and the visibility in the water of about 3’ because of algae.  The reservoir level is at 18% full and still going down.
 
There were a few boats out today but very few shore anglers.  The weather couldn’t have been better.  

This was one of those days you could call it catching instead of fishing.?