This ones for all the woolly bugger lovers out there..

Today started like any other.  Wake up at 4 in the afternoon,  feed dogs, tame wild beard, get ready to pick up feral child at daycare :)  And then I noticed the phone was blinking, voice mail...

"Hey hon, don't worry about picking up the kiddo.  She went to her grandparents this morning instead, be home late"

FREEDOM!

Eat sandwich, throw stuff in car, gone in 10!

25 minutes later on the water and ready to rock.

Walk up to the first good looking run.  Sit down on the bank and tie on a big old size 8 conehead bugger.  Now I don't fish buggers much, but here they just work so well its hard not to.  Throw it out at a 45 angle upstream at the head of the run, lower rod tip and slowly strip in line while following the line downstream at the same time.  Strip, strip, strip.....tug....set the hook!

That put a nice bend the the Yomogi, what fun!

Walked on upstream hitting the bigger runs as I went, most held fish.

Someone must of been really hungry, sheesh.

40 minutes later and my time was almost up, one big giant run left to fish before heading back.   Sometimes it takes a few minutes to figure out the best spot to quarter your cast from.  From there I simply keeping stepping up stream a few feet at time until the waters all covered. After about the 10 cast as soon as my bugger hit the water the line went tight and it was hold on buddy!  Multiple jumps, down stream 20 or so feet and into the net.

The rod was bent into a complete U shape and I put the stones to it.  Fishing with 3x so no fear of breaking off, landed in less than minute, a few quick pics and back into the water.  It all happens so fast, wow what a great fight!

And then right after that, surprise! 

Never seen these in here before, ever.  Must of come up from the bigger river below.


Time to go!