Labor Day weekend was a huge fishing weekend. Saturday and Sunday were spent on the rez waters until we got sick of catching fish. With the recent stocking, catching 10 fish an hour is easy. They are stockers, fine. But, catching 8-12" bows on dry flies should not get old.
Monday was spent on Animas private waters landing the occasional pig. My group (a friend and his dad) landed about 20 fish throughout a full day. Not a lot, but all were 14"+, fat and healthy. One huge brown (19") mixed in with the rainbows. A 18" rainbow is pictured above.
We caught all fish on nympys, usually princes or olive/green colored beadheads. Several fish were rising in the bright midday sun, but we ran through our entire dry collection to no avail. I spoke to the guys at Duranglers, confirming our suspicion of emergers. I bought several midge emergers for this weekend.
We figured emergers, because the fish "whaled" in the film with the occasional rise above. But, there were no visible terrestials. Even if we have matched with the emergering insect, it will be a bitch to land a nice bow on a size 22 fly. I can't wait to try this coming weekend.
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