Well , this is the time of year when the weather can seperate the men from the boys. Earlier this week the temps were down to 15% below zero and the wind was blowing so the wind chill was somewhere south of that. I came down to the store hoping that someone going to Rocky Ford would come in so I could call him a D.A. Sure enough it happened and I thought, wow that used to be me. I'm now one of those guys that is perfectly happy being one of the boys.
However, I'm in the store today and it is cloudy and 27 degrees without a breath of wind and the BWO hatch is going nuts. It would be very nice to be out there catching nice trout on little dry flies the day after Thanksgiving. I have said it before and will say it again we are so lucky to have all the fantastic fishing we have. Back to Rocky Ford when I say nice trout I mean nice trout. A twenty inch fish won't even raise an eyebrow. Do you know how crazy that would sound to most fishers in the US as well as most other countries? I frequently hear people say oh why would I want to go out to Lenore and catch those old boots? Well folks, for those of you that don't know about Lake Lenore those old boots are 16 to 30 inch Cutthroats. And some would say why would I want to go fish a ditch in the middle of the desert? Well that ditch is a natural Spring Creek that grows huge Rainbow Trout. I'm not in the business of trying to change a few peoples minds about any of that. It just means there is more room for people that do want to fish. I'll just let those that don't care if they fish or not or people that are so spoiled they don't know how rare a 25 inch trout is go right on thinking that.
Right now our fishing possibilities are a little limited but not so much that you can't go out and have world class fishing.
You could go down to the Main Stem Columbia and have a great chance of hooking a Steelhead on a fly. Or you could head over to the Methow and hook several in one day. Yea several Steelhead in one day. It's not going to happen every time but it does happen. In January last year with 36 % water temps I had seven Steelhead up to Dry Flies. That folks is good fishing. Or you could go out to the Ford and get them on dries. I wonder if I could get some one to watch the store for me I think I need to go fishing.
Darc
