Had a rough start this morning. Missed way more than they should have got, but its all a learning curve. Average fish today was 16 inches. Many 17-18's. Fish didnt turn on till around 2-3 pm when the air pressure stabled out. Same flys as always. Dan landed 44 trout, all on Near Deers, and I landed 19 mainly bumping eggs on the bottom. The Evening Hole was packed at noon today. No pool to fish. But there is a trick to that too. When you look down the Evening Hole, and you see people lined up, standing the river, It looks like there is no spots to fish.....? Well, while all those people are standing on the fish, the trout get spooked to the main walking bank. I was standing on the bank while people were casting at the hill side, meanwhile, Im sight casting to trout behind them. That lasted about 45 mins till everyone figured out what was going on. The Twins were there, as usual, and the thought that was amusing to watch. But, those Twins LOVE life. Anyways, even the Twins had a tough day. The big fish made up for it though.



-4 days ago, Lost Creek was FULL of fish. Over 100 easy, after they stocked it..........I saw 2 trout today in the whole creek. And "no" they didnt swim out into the river. The familys that set up Lawn Chairs in Lost Creek, that have 10-15 trout on thier stringers, and using minnows to catch them, and leaving a bunch of bottles and McDonalds Bags by the river....... I think they have something to do with it.

- Or, maybe its the cast netter I saw today below the Evening Hole Bridge.....? (the list goes on and on.....) Irritating.





Trivia Question: Would 55 lb Braid Line be good to use for 2 lb trout in 3 ft of water?





-It still had some line embedded in its skin. Gave it a little First Aid and sent her on her way.

Below, I kicked a rock over and found this.



-Freshwater Sponge.



Now, Im sure yall remember me telling a tail of a fish called Treasure (its a male). I have hooked him 2 times in the past 2-3 months. You only get a chance at him every so often when he moves out of the brush that he has his nose in all day.Well, I was goofing off in the Evening Hole, and got a phone call. It was Brad. He was hooked up with a trophy fish, he said. I took a quick jog to where he was and, there is Brad Holding Treasure.












Picture says it all. Fish was CPR'd.

Thanks for the post! Glad to get to see "Treasure".

One note: Wouldn't it be appropriate to call Parks and Wildlife on someone throwing a net?

That is a pig
Good story and photos
Welcome aboard yellowsub

"Treasure's" Big brother: "Hoard"

.... Try didymo.

Mucinex DM should take care of that in a couple days

Guess the OK wardens are busy with hunting season? Everybody knows they're spread too thin, including the poachers. Odds were probably pretty low for the one striped by lines wasn't going to make it, don't you think? Time for a mercy killing. Hope you are either bleaching all your wading gear, or keeping that set of gear exclusive to the Bow.

Every tailwater needs a good expectorant

Im sorry guys, but im not wrong. I emailed three biologist the image, Its not didymo. Its a very nice specimen of the Fresh Water Sponge (phylum porifera). I have a 150 gallon reef tank with a few diff colored sponges living in it. So I knew what I was looking at.



"They are brown when on the underside of rocks, but will be green when on the sides or top (or are growing on wood, plastic,...). The green color is from algae that lives in the sponge.

Most sponges are marine and all of the freshwater ones are in one
family (Spongillidae).

They filter feed, mostly on bacteria." -Said one biologist.


You should look up Didymo, and see what it really looks like, then you can try to educate people on how to identify it properly. Your way off. Thanks for playing though.

Below is your Didymo.

- feels like wet hair when touched.

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