Solo Fishin'

The other day I was able to get out solo for a little while and had pretty good action in a short window of time. The fishing this winter continues to amaze me and I think its safe to say we are several weeks if not a full month ahead of schedule. I saw several fish spawning and there now seems to be a good mixture of fresh spring run fish and older winter fish. This was the day of the clown egg which was responsible for all 5 of my hookups. I brought 2 steelhead to hand along with a pair of browns, one of which being a solid 18'er with awesome coloration. The only fish I lost for the day stung the most.....it was a brown that looked at least a few inches larger than the one I landed. I wanted to cry when the hook pulled free, but if nothing else it shows that the browns are waking up from their winter nap and should be making more appearances as the year continues. It won't be too long before we break out the streamer rods and start targeting them specifically, but for now I am enjoying the heck out of the steelhead and the browns are a nice bonus. Being solo I just had the old point and shoot along and snapped a couple quick pictures before letting the fish go.......



Hopefully this weekend will provide more of the same. We are forecast to get up to 8 inches of snow overnight tonight into tomorrow so it should make for a more wintery scene! Life is good.........