Bluegrass Bill
10-08-2007, 01:18 PM
Hey Folks,
I finally got back out fishing for a day, my first such opportunity since that awesome Alaska trip about a month ago back now. While Alaska is pretty much impossible to compete with, California does have some very nice fishing opportunities as well. My trip was a day trip, slipped away from work last Thursday to go up to fish the Lower Sac in Redding. I had the opportunity to fish with Chris Dummond, who lives up there, has a nice little drift boat and was kind enough to extend me an invitation to float and fish with him which I eagerly accepted.
We had a great evening of floating and fishing and hooked a number of really nice rainbows that evening. I can tell you those Lower Sac Rainbows definitely don’t play second fiddle to the Alaskan rainbows I caught a month ago. They are big and strong and were a ball as we both had our hands full trying to get some of those to the hand. As it turned out we only got a couple to hand but we did hook a number of nice fish on a standard two nymph set up, with weight and an indicator. Here are a few pictures from the trip.
Thanks Chris for the great evening! I look forward to getting back up to fish with you again.
Bill
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/BluegrassBill/L%20Sac%20Oct%204%2007/1LsacbridgeIMGP0421.jpg
The bridge at our put in Redding
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/BluegrassBill/L%20Sac%20Oct%204%2007/2LsacIMGP0422.jpg
A neat shot looking upstream
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/BluegrassBill/L%20Sac%20Oct%204%2007/3lsacrainbowIMGP0425.jpg
Had some showers followed by a pretty rainbow, some Honkers on the Water
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/BluegrassBill/L%20Sac%20Oct%204%2007/I7fishonMGP0430.jpg
Chris definitely hooked a number of nice fish
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/BluegrassBill/L%20Sac%20Oct%204%2007/5BillsfishIMGP0437.jpg
The one rainbow I got to hand, a very nice fish indeed.
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/BluegrassBill/L%20Sac%20Oct%204%2007/4BillsrainbowIMGP0436.jpg
Another shot of me and my rainbow (man I look naked without my hat :shock: )
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/BluegrassBill/L%20Sac%20Oct%204%2007/bigfishonIMGP0441.jpg
Into the largest fish of the day, late in the evening
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/BluegrassBill/L%20Sac%20Oct%204%2007/6Chrissfish.jpg
Chris’s hawg, doesn’t take a back seat to any of those Alaska rainbows :D
Thanks again Chris!
I finally got back out fishing for a day, my first such opportunity since that awesome Alaska trip about a month ago back now. While Alaska is pretty much impossible to compete with, California does have some very nice fishing opportunities as well. My trip was a day trip, slipped away from work last Thursday to go up to fish the Lower Sac in Redding. I had the opportunity to fish with Chris Dummond, who lives up there, has a nice little drift boat and was kind enough to extend me an invitation to float and fish with him which I eagerly accepted.
We had a great evening of floating and fishing and hooked a number of really nice rainbows that evening. I can tell you those Lower Sac Rainbows definitely don’t play second fiddle to the Alaskan rainbows I caught a month ago. They are big and strong and were a ball as we both had our hands full trying to get some of those to the hand. As it turned out we only got a couple to hand but we did hook a number of nice fish on a standard two nymph set up, with weight and an indicator. Here are a few pictures from the trip.
Thanks Chris for the great evening! I look forward to getting back up to fish with you again.
Bill
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/BluegrassBill/L%20Sac%20Oct%204%2007/1LsacbridgeIMGP0421.jpg
The bridge at our put in Redding
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/BluegrassBill/L%20Sac%20Oct%204%2007/2LsacIMGP0422.jpg
A neat shot looking upstream
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/BluegrassBill/L%20Sac%20Oct%204%2007/3lsacrainbowIMGP0425.jpg
Had some showers followed by a pretty rainbow, some Honkers on the Water
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/BluegrassBill/L%20Sac%20Oct%204%2007/I7fishonMGP0430.jpg
Chris definitely hooked a number of nice fish
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/BluegrassBill/L%20Sac%20Oct%204%2007/5BillsfishIMGP0437.jpg
The one rainbow I got to hand, a very nice fish indeed.
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/BluegrassBill/L%20Sac%20Oct%204%2007/4BillsrainbowIMGP0436.jpg
Another shot of me and my rainbow (man I look naked without my hat :shock: )
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/BluegrassBill/L%20Sac%20Oct%204%2007/bigfishonIMGP0441.jpg
Into the largest fish of the day, late in the evening
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/BluegrassBill/L%20Sac%20Oct%204%2007/6Chrissfish.jpg
Chris’s hawg, doesn’t take a back seat to any of those Alaska rainbows :D
Thanks again Chris!