And the opening day finaly came.This year we kept the team at four guys but we extended the days and the area we usually cover at opening.
So this was the team for this year:
The start was good, everyone was kind of expecting to get a fish in the first three casts…but that morning was going to be tough…
We came prepared with food suplies
But winter was still around.
We search for them in deep water…
…under the trees…
…under the falls…
We changed the flies and the setups…
…and we got just a few of them.
In the first afternoon this was the biggest fish landed
Day 2 :
We split in two teams one going upstream and the other one downstream.
New aproach techniques
Start to look around…
Tried the egg pattern
…and I put on the fly : little black-something…
Nice spring signs
But you never know what is hiding under these beautiful flowers…
The hiking-fishing marathon continues…
…through very high and fast water
In the mean time the other team got to the favorite place…see that look?
…and started catching fish
But the day was not finished. After lunch we started fishing another section of the third river.
And…we found them:
The day finished me fighting with a big brown, who after 4 minutes of running-jumping cut my line with his teeth. But I know where it is and I’m coming back… 🙂
Stay tuned, day 3 and 4 are coming with 4 new rivers.
Nice all around, I nearly forget what a fish looks like up here. Endless frozen wilderness with nothing swimming around. My timing is bad, I leave here just as things thaw, to come back to Ontario just as things hide. June we must make big things happen.
Oh and water looks great, man o man.
Glad to see you are still alive J 🙂 . In June we can go to Saint-Marie Rapids to do some real summer-spey fishing.
Lovely pictures, I bet you had a great time ! 😉