Pimpinmeat
10-12-2010, 02:46 PM
We had to be in Reno this weekend for my sisters wedding so we decided to fish on the way up. After a lengthy delay in morning we finally get up to the Upper Owens. Weather was awesome, not many people out and we get may favorite section all to ourselves. We only had about 3 hours before we had to get back on the road so we suited up and hit the water.
I'm having a rough go at it, can't get anything to stay hooked. The wife on the other hand keeps hooting and hollering. She shows me a nice fall colored brown and I start to get irritated because she's caught a few already. I've lost 3 nice fish and only landed a couple of dinks myself. I start working a nice undercut with a indo and creation of my own tied on top w/ zebra dropper. All of the fish I'd caught ate the midge so I was losing confidence in my fly. I got a good cast in followed by a great mend that sends the fly drifting inches from the bank. I decide to let it go and the indo goes under with jerky sideways motion. Set the hook, think I'm snagged when the rod comes alive. When I first see the fish(rainbow) I start yelling for my wife to come over because it's a big fish and wanted her to see it. She looks over and keeps on fishing. I didn't matter anyways because the fish was taking me down to her. That fish went a 100ft down river which is a long ways in the Owens. I settle down in the pool she's fishing in when she get's a glimpse of what I have been yelling about and the mood changes. The net was barely big enough for the fish. We both just stare it in amazement because it's the biggest fish we've seen in the river and we fish the Owens a lot. I asked for the camera (and this is the grounds for divorce) and she say's " I left it in the car". I had to settle for a quick measurement on the net handle, revive it and away it goes. It measured 24" and was about 5lbs, my personal best fish in the Sierra's and I've been fishing there since I was about 18. I would have loved a pictures of that fish, it was an awesome specimen, fat and healthy with full fins. The highlight was this fish ate the fly I created. A picture would be nice but at least I got my wife as my witness I can live with that.
I'm having a rough go at it, can't get anything to stay hooked. The wife on the other hand keeps hooting and hollering. She shows me a nice fall colored brown and I start to get irritated because she's caught a few already. I've lost 3 nice fish and only landed a couple of dinks myself. I start working a nice undercut with a indo and creation of my own tied on top w/ zebra dropper. All of the fish I'd caught ate the midge so I was losing confidence in my fly. I got a good cast in followed by a great mend that sends the fly drifting inches from the bank. I decide to let it go and the indo goes under with jerky sideways motion. Set the hook, think I'm snagged when the rod comes alive. When I first see the fish(rainbow) I start yelling for my wife to come over because it's a big fish and wanted her to see it. She looks over and keeps on fishing. I didn't matter anyways because the fish was taking me down to her. That fish went a 100ft down river which is a long ways in the Owens. I settle down in the pool she's fishing in when she get's a glimpse of what I have been yelling about and the mood changes. The net was barely big enough for the fish. We both just stare it in amazement because it's the biggest fish we've seen in the river and we fish the Owens a lot. I asked for the camera (and this is the grounds for divorce) and she say's " I left it in the car". I had to settle for a quick measurement on the net handle, revive it and away it goes. It measured 24" and was about 5lbs, my personal best fish in the Sierra's and I've been fishing there since I was about 18. I would have loved a pictures of that fish, it was an awesome specimen, fat and healthy with full fins. The highlight was this fish ate the fly I created. A picture would be nice but at least I got my wife as my witness I can live with that.