Checking out the Yuba

[MSP]

Decided to see what was going on at the river "Y" today. Fished from 9:30 till 1:30. Fished the river left side below the bridge and found some pretty nice water. Too bad there weren't any bugs around to get the fish excited. Did manage to get a couple on a Carpet emerger and had another smack a Olive Zonker that didn't stick. Water felt great wet wading with the warm temperatures. Not exactly a banner day but well worth while. As you can probably tell it's been slim pickings for this old fart.

Here's a photo of the first fish, a nice 18"er.

[SullyTM]

Nice catch, Mike. What size Zonker? Wet wading for a few hours sure sounds nice

Later. Thom

[MSP]

I think it's a #6 2X long Thom, I got the fly from Jason. I've also got a few in the past using a natural Zonker with a silver body. I usually don't fish subsurface on the "Y" but with nothing happening upstairs it was the only way I could get hit today.

[jbird]

Mike

That is a really robust fish! Nice going. Dont you love the song on the drag of those loomis reels. I have one for my 5wt outfit and I always let out a little "mmmmmmmmmm " When a fish rips it at mach speed.

Jay

[MSP]

Yea Jay they do have a unique sound. The fish pictured kind of just slugged it out with a couple of whines from the reel, the smaller fish, maybe 14" really got some noise out of the reel. I was impressed with the fighting quality of the fish I got. The fish I have gotten on the "Y" in the last year seemed to be quite sluggish and not very well proportioned. The fish today looked very healthy.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

On many smaller Sierra trout streams that would be a life time fish.

[Hairstacker]

Mike, that is a really pretty fish! Darn good size too. Good for you, sounds like you had nice day on the water.

[mark]

awesome looking fish, just about what a perfect rainbow trout would look like.

Any mayfly activity at all happening on the Y? Caddis?

Curious about what a carpet emerger is?

Great report MSP

-MK

[Jgoding]

Is that one of the Venture series?? I have two of the 7's.

Jeff

[MSP]

Mark, I didn't see any bug activity at all. I usually only fish dries on the "Y" and gave them a try for a while but only managed to get a couple of 5" fish to come up on a hopper. Didn't even get a look on a BWO or Caddis. A carpet emerger is just my name for a soft hackle with a yarn type wing. Nothing special. It did have a bead though. Might be some surface action towards evening but I haven't stayed late enough to find out. Maybe someone who has fished it late might give us some info!

Yea Jeff it is a Venture series reel. It is actually my wife's but I was too lazy to swap my Marryat from my 5 wt. Only problem I've seen with it is after laying it in the water it takes a while for the drag to come back to life. Not really an issue, nice reel.