jbeni
06-05-2015, 10:41 AM
Before I start, let me just say Im sorry for the amateur uploaded photos.... how can I rotate them????
You'll get the idea, though...
All that chatter last week about Plumas County got me going so I decided to take a day trip on Wednesday, to a small stream I love in the area.
It was one of those days... put the Yellow Stimi on and I didn't take it off for about 4-5 hours. From 10-3pm, I used a Yellow Stimi / dropper set up -- prince on the way up the river, and a copper John on the way down. Fish were rising all day... most of the fish on the dry, with a few on the dropper.
These guys were a dime a dozen -- seemed like 2-3 in every hole.
10853
10854
Complete solitude....peaceful, gin clear and beautiful...and it sure beats working!
10855
Got onto one of Feather rivers later afternoon into evening...and it continued. Whoa! There were places that I thought I could never wade and the water was to my knees / thigh. Gonna be scary come July.... My mistake was taking off the Stimi and opting for the nymph rig.... Black Stone and caddis nymph....caught a couple, but since the fish were rising I quickly took it off and went to a Caddis dry / dropper. I had some big fish taking the dry... missed a couple, and lost one hog molley down these rapids.
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My largest fish was about 16 incher, (not in photo) but most were 10-14 inches on the main stem.
10856
Too many to count, but it was over 25 fishey's. Im back in the Bay area now dreaming about my old love, Plumas. Wishing I was back at Chico State so I could be closer...
-Beni
You'll get the idea, though...
All that chatter last week about Plumas County got me going so I decided to take a day trip on Wednesday, to a small stream I love in the area.
It was one of those days... put the Yellow Stimi on and I didn't take it off for about 4-5 hours. From 10-3pm, I used a Yellow Stimi / dropper set up -- prince on the way up the river, and a copper John on the way down. Fish were rising all day... most of the fish on the dry, with a few on the dropper.
These guys were a dime a dozen -- seemed like 2-3 in every hole.
10853
10854
Complete solitude....peaceful, gin clear and beautiful...and it sure beats working!
10855
Got onto one of Feather rivers later afternoon into evening...and it continued. Whoa! There were places that I thought I could never wade and the water was to my knees / thigh. Gonna be scary come July.... My mistake was taking off the Stimi and opting for the nymph rig.... Black Stone and caddis nymph....caught a couple, but since the fish were rising I quickly took it off and went to a Caddis dry / dropper. I had some big fish taking the dry... missed a couple, and lost one hog molley down these rapids.
10858
My largest fish was about 16 incher, (not in photo) but most were 10-14 inches on the main stem.
10856
Too many to count, but it was over 25 fishey's. Im back in the Bay area now dreaming about my old love, Plumas. Wishing I was back at Chico State so I could be closer...
-Beni