Boy, I REALLY REALLY needed to get my rod bent today.......................

Up at 6:00 and on the road by 8:30.
No pit stop in Minden this morning, took care of gas and window washing yesterday !!!

On the way up 88, Hope Valley had a few cars here and there...........
The river is at "barely a trickle" right now........not good.
On the way home tonight there were a couple of people fishing at the 89 bridge........


Onward...............
As I made the climb up to Carson Pass I got a couple quick glances at Red Lake........
Well, Red Lake was pea-soup green and the water appears to be down a few feet.
Pretty much expected since it is the end of August.

I arrived at the "Beautiful high Sierra lake tucked against a mountain....." around 10'ish.
Low and behold, the restrooms have been cleaned, all of the garbage on the ground has been cleaned up, and there was a "Campground Host", and the Iron Ranger was operational !!!!!
Quite the contrast from my last trip up there...............
And a note to any whom might visit soon..........................the Day Use fee is $ 8.00 now.

So I suited up and was on the water around 10:30.
It was a nice sunny day with just a noticeable amount of haze and light winds.

I fished the 'cator with midges today wading off the bank.
My tool of choice today was my 9' 3wt. single-hander that I added a bottom handle to for two-handed roll casting.

I landed a dozen or so fish today and missed about that many as well.
The fish were 6"- 8" and all rainbows.
I was a little disappointed that I didn't land any brookies though.
A tough pill to swallow today was the fact that the outflow creek has stopped running.
I guess all of the fish in the creek have now become raccoon or badger chow.

I packed it in around 6:00 and made it back home just before sunset.

Man.................I REALLY needed to fish today.....................

For the ride home, a couple of Gatorades and a medium bag of beef jerky............life's good !!!!

Dang Brookies.......................................... ......



Bob