Anything green would work as the damsel flies were thick. After catching 17 I headed to my truck and visited with the assistant manager of the wildlife management area. He said float tubers were getting from 20 to 30 a day by working the shallows along the reeds.
I did catch a large rainbow over 20 inches.
Henrys Lake.
On Wednesday and Thursday I fished Henrys Lake and it was like two different trips. Wednesday was super, but after a huge storm Wednesday night, Thursday was slow.
Wednesday I caught fish at Targhee Creek with a Canadian Blood Leech and then on a Light Olive Crystal. I left to explore at 9:30 and caught fish near Howard Creek, Cliffs, Phils Hole, and Duck Creek.
Duck Creek was the best that I have seen it for several years. I got two big hybrids, many cutthroats and six brook trout. The hot fly was the beadhead Mity Mouse and the Henrys Lake Renegade. I gave some to a fisherman that had not caught any fish and he ended catching 14 with them. I ended the day with 52 fish, with three of them large hybrids.
To fish Targhee Creek, fishermen are leaving camp at 4:45 a.m. to get one of the favored spots. Here is how crowded it gets around 7 when the late fishermen arrive. The spot you get will determine whether you catch 5 or 40 in the morning. Everybody has their favorite area GPSed.
4 comments:
Thats a great report with awesome pictures. What a nice shot of the rainbow. Those reeds look so tempting, whenever I see a spot like that I just have to fish it!
Hi Bill
Just read your post, and it sounds like you had a fantastic outing. I know living out in that area must be special. The climate and the beauty is awesome. Being born and raised in the Deep South has its advantages weather wise in the winter, but in the summer it is brutal, as you can imagine from my recent post concerning the humidity. I too am an educator and had taught school for 36 years before retiring three years ago. I taught Mechanical Drafting and Architectural Drafting in the High School in Mississippi and my last 20 years was in Jasper Alabama. I noticed you said you taught history; I loved history in high school and started out as a history major in Jr. College. At the time my brother was teaching Technology and he talked me into going into the Drafting Field. In a way I am glad I made the move because it enabled me to work on a ten month contact through the years as opposed to a nine month contract---more money and more retirement, and in education every dollar you can acquire you need to. Now I am living my dream of fishing when I want to. My wife is a teacher and will be retiring in a couple of years and one of our first trips is out west. I am going to join your blog because I feel you and I have a lot in common, and I know I will enjoy your fishing post. If you would like to join up with my group just click follow the link http://btrussell-fishingthroughlife.blogspot.com/
Really enjoyed the post.
Great report Bill....can't wait to fish it here in a couple of weeks....Thanks again...
I was the fisherman that Bill helped out. Thank you for making my trip. I am trying to learn Henry's and had a good lesson last week. It is great to have fishermen out there that are willing to help out the clueless newcomer.
Eric in Missoula
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