 Rainbow Trout Heaven: The Best Of The West
Posted by jason-c on March 06, 2005
Wyoming Rainbows Video
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This weekend I met up with Kray, who you all know as a regular contributor to fliesandfins.com, and his family. Before I say any more I have to tell everyone what a pleasure it was to meet all of them. They are a lot of fun and excellent ambassadors for the state of Wyoming.
We camped and fished a fairly large river near Casper and big rivers mean big fish. However, on this trip it did not also mean big flies. We woke up early, as in before day light, in temperatures that hovered in the mid-teens, and struggled with frozen fingers to thread 4x and 5x tipped through the eyes of tiny size twenty to twenty-four midge patterns. But the cold was soon forgotten when I hooked my first fish and he broke my net! As a matter of fact we all hooked big fish and had a great time. These fish normally hit streamers but the winter cold had turned their attention to easier pray. The interesting thing is that their need to chase their quarry was not diminished. Almost every fish we caught was at the tail of the drift just as the nymph rose off the bottom. It makes sense that these big Rainbows would chase midges up through the water column as they twitched their way to the surface, but they also took Scuds in the same manner. Which are traditionally fished only on a dead-drift. Movement was the key but
even then the hits were unusually subtle. Just a twitch of the indicator, a quick hook set and it was off to the races. Kray and I both got to see our backing a couple times, which is always a nice feeling.
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Re: The Best Of The West: Rainbow Heaven
by jeremy on March 06, 2005 http://www.fliesandfins.com | simply excellent! great fly fishing. phenomenal rainbow trout and talented camera work. it is surely an artform to be able to wrap all of those things up into one package. i can certainly appreciate all that goes into each one of those elements. none of those things come easy and like most things that are very well done - you make it look easy. what the video does not show is the 12 hours of driving through remote desert. the hours at the vice. the years of reading and studying. the determination and the willingness to camp out on the side of the river in 19 degree temperatures.
Now - get some rest - cuz you gotta hop on the airplane wednesday - fly 3 thousand miles, drive a couple hundred miles and do it all again with me in the great lake tribs. see you wednesday. |
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Re: The Best Of The West: Rainbow Heaven
by KodiakCommando on March 07, 2005 | What was the name of this fairly large river, Don't worry i'll keep it a secret!
Great video, i felt as if i were there with you. It certainly lived up to the hype! |
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Re: The Best Of The West: Rainbow Heaven
by joey on March 07, 2005 http://www.laterallinemedia.com | "Over head the albatross hangs motionless upon the air....." Great video! I love that song, it went great with all your shots. Those are some impressive looking fish its amazing that they can see flies that small. But as an older gentelman once said to me"you would see a hamburger if it was cruzing down 95 wouldn't you?"
Thanks guys its always a pleasure reading about the trips out west. |
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Re: The Best Of The West: Rainbow Heaven
by Fish_King_7 on March 07, 2005 | What happened to the net?
Great video guys.
LUCKY
Caleb |
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