Quite good. I hit a short stretch of water in the middle of town tonight. I fished a size 8 yellow simulator, and rose in the neighborhood of a dozen fish to it in about 90 minutes of fishing. The actual landing of fish was significantly less (I think I got about 4 fish to hand) because many of the fish that rose to the fly were rather small (4″-7″). The little fish will come up a smack a large dry but more often than not they can not get in their mouth with one bite. I did raise a good half dozen larger fish, but with skillful line handling and superb setting techniques I managed to prevent any from successfully taking the fly.
When you say “in town”, do you mean Dunsmuir? If I have to ask, does that mean I shouldn’t know? What’s it like to live in a “city” where the “city park” has a world-class trout river flowing through it? Every June, I start getting the notion that the only good cities are “cities”. Dunsmuir might just be one of my favorite “cities”.
I’ll be there in two weeks. Meanwhile, thanks for the reports, Steven! Best, Will
Yep Will, I mean Dunsmuir. Living in a town with a trout river running thru it is rough, very rough. I do not recommend it for the easily distracted,
wait, I think I hear a hatch coming off, gotta run…