I fished the Root River on Saturday with Neal, Ryan, and Shawn. The upriver bends and pools throughout Colonial and Quarry parks were subject to tremendous angling pressure. There was a waiting line to just have the opportunity to fish some of the better water, and as one angler left the rest would inch in closer. We all shared a disappointing morning with just a few hook ups and zero fish for our group.
Shawn was able to make a second trip on Sunday and found the river almost vacant. He was able to get some retribution for the group landing 4 fish in just a few short hours. I wasn’t even out of bed when the pictures came across my phone. The early fish came on egg patterns and the fish later in the morning were hitting a small pink fly. Nice job bro!
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| root river spring steelhead (nice colors) |
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| another nice root river steelhead |
Great pictures. Sometimes the root feels like it's all to yourself, and sometimes your sharing it with the world.
ReplyDeleteI fished the Root 3 times this spring ... landed 7 Steelies and 2 browns ... and only saw a sprinkling of other fisherman, including on a Saturday. Yesterday I never saw another guy! You've just got to go "where they ain't"!
ReplyDeleteThose down river haunts are a whole lot more "remote"...
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