It can certainly make my day! But first things first...
Scott V and I hit this NorCal lake relatively early, but not as early as we would have if there wasn't any ice on the roads. Quite spooky - glad we made it in one piece.
It was a pretty sunrise though!
...but cold! For anyone who has been here, this'll be the dead giveaway photo.
Anyway, we hit the water and see quite a few fish jumping - completely out of the water sometimes. But casting to them didn't result in many fish. All planter, albeit feisty, rainbows. We were there for some big salmo trutta though.
Here's Scott during one of the multiple fly changes we tried to get the job done.
Anyway, after a spending most of the day getting a planter 'bow here and there, I finally got some local assistance that pointed me in the right direction.
Payoff!
Home he goes:
and the only other brown today - a "small" one:
Ironically the second fish took me WAY longer to land than the first. Both were worthy battles in their own rights though. The big dog hardly fit in my net and it was quite stressful getting him under control.
I must say that this makes up for the drubbing at the hands of Davis earlier this week, though it almost went down as another rubber trout trip.
Oh, we also picked up a gear bag abandoned on shore belonging to Daniel Aiger - anyone know him? I have his address but a phone number would be cool. I'll probably try to drive by after work this week as he's not too far up the road from me.
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