Had to work very late Thursday so could not take off untill around 5 AM Friday - that got me up to the NU around noon so missed the prime fishing - it rained most of the way up but was just overcast with some sun when I got there - stopped off and talked to Joe at the Blue Heron for around 30 minutes. He had said they had had a good deal of rain this year and the river had come up several times and water was around 47 - he did not recomend skating - he said the fish would come up and boil but not take - maybe 1 in 10 would actually grab and the fish counts are pretty low this year - so I opted for tips and or weighted flies.
Although Joe indicated that the low runs were keeping the fishermen away, there were still alot of cars in the turn outs of many of the runs. Fished all that afternoon without a grab - may favorite spot to camp was being reconstructed so I scrounged for a place to set up my truck and stuff for the night.
Next morning I got to one of my favorite spots early - here are a couple of photos:
Fall colors were really getting going:
Fished several runs with nothing happening and around noon headed up to Camp Water - here is a shot of the Mott Bridge:
Could not see much off the bridge as sun was not on the water but saw a few fish holding. As I was eating lunch a guy went by carrying 2 spey rods and headed down. Middle of the day the best option for camp water is to tumble bug the ugly bug so rigged up and set off maybe 20 minutes later. There was a guy in Boat so kept going down. The guy with the 2 rods was in Kitchen with a fish on - using the ugly bug:
So I asked if he minded me going below him and he said no problem - started at the Fighting Hole and a guy came in below me into Glory but this left me my favorite water - Upper, Middle and Lower Mott. Kept moving down and in lower Mott got hammered by around a 7# wild fish. Not able to get a photo.
That was it for the day. Fished out a number of runs wtih no other grabs. Had to get home early Sunday so did not fish but just got up and left in the early AM.
Still I consider it a successful trip with a fish in 1.5 days of fishing with low runs - still one place I don't mind getting skunked - it is such a beautiful spot!!
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