80’s air temps, dry.
River running low and clear.
Hit the LL at 8:40 on Labor Day weekend. Crossed the bridge to avoid congestion, though there were fewer anglers than I expected on a beautiful Labor Day Sunday. The trikes were already on the water, and I hopped past the first meadow stationing myself at the first pool along the lower trail. There were fish everywhere leisurely sipping trikes from the surface. I caught and released three fish before anyone around me had hooked up – all on a
Griffith’s Gnat. Most of my success came on downstream drifts. I hooked a large brown, but tethered to 8X monofilament, the trout broke off after a valiant fight. After the hatch slowed, I headed upstream to the Kiddie Pool where I switched up to a black ant, and then a parachute
Adams trailing a midge pupa pattern. After several swings at misses and missed strikes on the dropper, I switched back to trico patterns, and hooked several more fish. Rache and the kids joined me for a picnic lunch at 12:30. My ninth and final trout of the day was caught on a trike pattern from the picnic blanket, as Beili and Alaina watched with delight. What a fun day!
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