Matt Frey
08-07-2006, 11:55 PM
Headed up the Carson on Friday night. We didnt think much of the fact that the roads up there we wet. Got a campsite at Indian Springs Reservioir. Saturday morning we hiked down to the East Fork near the Airport. When we got there we were disappointed. The river was like chocolate milk.
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Since we hiked down there we decided to throw a few casts, but after an hour of nothing we decided to hike out and try a new venue. Since much of the East Fork was muddy we decided to head up to Wolf Creek Meadow. We fished Wolf Creek for a couple of hours with and caught only a small brookie and a smaller rainbow both on BH PT nymphs.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i94/mattpfrey/Carson/IMGP0135.jpg
We left Wolf Creek and did a little fishing on farther up the EF Carson where the river wasnt muddy. It fished well with all three of us hooking into a few. The hot color was red with Red Copper Johns and Red Brassies hooking fish. A black Bird's Nest also worked well.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i94/mattpfrey/Carson/IMGP0143.jpg
The river started getting crowded with spin casters so we moved on in search of a spot to stay for the evening. We decided to drive over to the West Fork.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i94/mattpfrey/Carson/IMGP0152.jpg
On the drive some thunderstorms rolled through. We got to the West Fork and no one was there, but this guy was.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i94/mattpfrey/Carson/IMGP0156.jpg
We saw a number of big fish but they were unresponsive to all of our efforts. About an hour after the rain stopped the spin casters showed up. We were still looking for a place to fish the hatch if there was going to be one and headed back to a nice spot on the East Fork that we had scouted earlier. There were not many bugs on the river but a few fish were rising and we got to catch a few on the dry fly.
The next morning we drove and checked the water clarity on the East Fork. It looked good so we decided to hike down to the spot near the airport where we had gone the day before. Again we had the whole river to ourselves and it was clear we had a lot of fun down ther. Olive Bird's Nests seemed to be the ticket. We also had fun successfully throwing dry fly throughout the day. All three of us agreed that it was definitely one of the better spots we had been to all season.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i94/mattpfrey/Carson/IMGP0173.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i94/mattpfrey/Carson/IMGP0207.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i94/mattpfrey/Carson/IMGP0185.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i94/mattpfrey/Carson/IMGP0119.jpg
Since we hiked down there we decided to throw a few casts, but after an hour of nothing we decided to hike out and try a new venue. Since much of the East Fork was muddy we decided to head up to Wolf Creek Meadow. We fished Wolf Creek for a couple of hours with and caught only a small brookie and a smaller rainbow both on BH PT nymphs.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i94/mattpfrey/Carson/IMGP0135.jpg
We left Wolf Creek and did a little fishing on farther up the EF Carson where the river wasnt muddy. It fished well with all three of us hooking into a few. The hot color was red with Red Copper Johns and Red Brassies hooking fish. A black Bird's Nest also worked well.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i94/mattpfrey/Carson/IMGP0143.jpg
The river started getting crowded with spin casters so we moved on in search of a spot to stay for the evening. We decided to drive over to the West Fork.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i94/mattpfrey/Carson/IMGP0152.jpg
On the drive some thunderstorms rolled through. We got to the West Fork and no one was there, but this guy was.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i94/mattpfrey/Carson/IMGP0156.jpg
We saw a number of big fish but they were unresponsive to all of our efforts. About an hour after the rain stopped the spin casters showed up. We were still looking for a place to fish the hatch if there was going to be one and headed back to a nice spot on the East Fork that we had scouted earlier. There were not many bugs on the river but a few fish were rising and we got to catch a few on the dry fly.
The next morning we drove and checked the water clarity on the East Fork. It looked good so we decided to hike down to the spot near the airport where we had gone the day before. Again we had the whole river to ourselves and it was clear we had a lot of fun down ther. Olive Bird's Nests seemed to be the ticket. We also had fun successfully throwing dry fly throughout the day. All three of us agreed that it was definitely one of the better spots we had been to all season.
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i94/mattpfrey/Carson/IMGP0173.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i94/mattpfrey/Carson/IMGP0207.jpg
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i94/mattpfrey/Carson/IMGP0185.jpg