South Fork Boise River

[BiggestT]

He did the same. He was working with my wife on the Owyhee and we were working a spot he calls "Death Row" which was a tail out into slower water. He had her work fish starting from within 5' of the bank and working over to the other side. I was holding the dogs (English Springers) and scouting other areas up and down stream. Eventually I joined them as I netted his 21" brown. I was fishing about 25 yards upstream from my wife and there were fish rising just behind me. I got a strike as I pulled my line in to go net his fish and he was able to see that. Of course I was not ready for a strike on that part of the drift (straight below me on the retrieve). Truly insane fishing for big fish.

[flygoddess]

Originally Posted by BiggestT

He did the same. He was working with my wife on the Owyhee and we were working a spot he calls "Death Row" which was a tail out into slower water. He had her work fish starting from within 5' of the bank and working over to the other side. I was holding the dogs (English Springers) and scouting other areas up and down stream. Eventually I joined them as I netted his 21" brown. I was fishing about 25 yards upstream from my wife and there were fish rising just behind me. I got a strike as I pulled my line in to go net his fish and he was able to see that. Of course I was not ready for a strike on that part of the drift (straight below me on the retrieve). Truly insane fishing for big fish.

SO JEALOUS! We keep getting blown right off the lake. Then we get back to camp and the guys all crash....MAN THIS IS PERFECT RIVER TIME! Oh well.
I would take the truck and go find a river, but with a 11 1/2' boat sticking out of a 5 1/2' truck bed plus another one on the roof, I am kinda stuck here at camp...story of my life, he, he, he.

[Josh D]

Bummer about the lost fish, sounds like some outstanding water!

Spent a few minutes on the Gunnison in Co. for some impressive brown action mostly in the 15"-19" range with a heartbreak rainbow story of my own.

Let me know when you get back & settled.

[BiggestT]

Originally Posted by Josh D

Bummer about the lost fish, sounds like some outstanding water!

Spent a few minutes on the Gunnison in Co. for some impressive brown action mostly in the 15"-19" range with a heartbreak rainbow story of my own.

Let me know when you get back & settled.

Josh, if you like browns, you must experience the Owyhee River which is in East Central Oregon just over the Idaho border. Picture driving along an alkaline, milky green tailwater in the evening picking out rising 25" to 30" browns to site fish on size 18 dry flies. Despite the milky green water, the fish are picky but can be had (if your skills are up to it) as they regularly slurp the hatch of PMDs or Caddis. Beautiful desert setting in a canyon with erosion formed rock formations including natural arches. Wade fishing only and its remoteness makes it mostly a locals only, uncrowded location. Check the following link out and I can attest that the fish in the pictures are really just the average fish there on the Owyhee:

http://www.dreamsonthefly.com/owyhee.html

I'm back. Fishing the upcoming BAC Masters, or at least I'm told I am.

[winndknot]

Thanks for the link.

Dave and Rhonda
Fly Fishing with Dreams on the Fly...in Oregon and Washington on Blue Ribbon waters!