Cookin' On Home Waters

Ok... So, I don't say much about fishing around the hacienda here in Utah.  Most of the adventures that I post up are about "out of state, out of mind" places!!  I have been very fortunate to fish some of the most prestine and most beautiful places that one could find.  I love to travel and see new water.  Being an all year round flygirl, I tend to spend more time around home when the snow starts flying.  Out come the neoprene gloves and handwarmers, the wool hat, and three layers of fleecy warmth next to my body!  And honestly, I haven't been all that cold so far this winter.  Until... Oh, let's talk about that later...

It's especially gratifying to find a new river and a few holes that produce time after time after time...  I guess that you could call it the "secret place" that you kind of want to keep to yourself.  A place to go to when you need a "pick me up".   A place that isn't crowded with other anglers.  A place that can take two or three flies without having to put the guessing game into play on what the finicky fish are going to take!  Oh, I'm sure that most of you have one of these type of places!

 Non-Finicky Brown Trout #1 on tan sow bug

Non-Finicky Brown Trout #2 on tan sow bug

Non-Finicky Brown Trout #3... what's your guess?

The ice breaker... goes after a pink sow bug!

That is how the day went.  And then, I got out something that I wanted to try, just for the heck of it.  A Facebook tier and friend, George Benavidez, tied up some sweet Czech nymphs for me recently...

Yup, his Copperback Nymphs Size 16 worked like a charm...  = )

So, I have my homey brown trout water.

Next, I have found a little spot that gives me my share of rainbows...  I mean, I am an equal opportunity angler.  The first time out, I got a little excited about what I found there.  And the fish were excited to see me too!

Just don't ask me to do that again... Ha.  No way could I get an action pic like this one with my fish flying out of my hand while the camera snapped as it went down my waders... Lol.  

This little getaway place has a lot of rainbow "planters".   But, it keeps you busy catching as they are very hungry little varmints!  And then after maybe the first dozen of those, you just might get lucky and haul in the trophy of the bunch.  

I was just about to leave, when my buddy insisted that I give it one more try... Never say never. (And I didn't believe him when he said that there were BIG fish in that hole earlier... teaches me!)

So, I think that I'm set for the winter months.  I have a couple of places to go to get my fish fix for the week.   New "home water" has actually surprised me.  I have put my go-to river on a temporary hold while searching out new places to fish.  New water is fun and exciting!  

Just keep me from falling over rocks.  Oh, that is how I became so very cold on brown trout day...  An awesome day ended with me trying to hold onto the "whopper" (no, not the one in the photo above) at almost dusk.  After tripping over some large rock  and leaving me with a tight line high in the air while still on my knees... that darn trout took off across the pool and wrapped my line around something down under.  Fish gone, Flies gone, A cold, River Damsel!  It was epic.  And since it was in the twenties and at the end of the day, this "snowman" headed for the car.  Sorry... no vid.  = )  It was one of my better moments... haha.

But, I had a great time, none the less...

Till next time...

Stay dry.