June 21-23, The D

What a fantastic trip! We spent two nights on the D and found some great fish. This little river is only good for about a month every year and this year we hit it right. We had to do some nymphing on the first two days, but after that we fished golden stones and yellow sallies. In fact this hog that J.C. caught was on a golden stone. He put a great cast in tight on a rock wall and it slowly tumbled around the back eddy after a well timed mend.

The fish didn't just eat the fly, it hammered it. It then wallowed on the surface before diving deep. J.C. has fished with me for years, learning the art of fly fishing, and this trip was his coming of age as an expert angler. He fished great. Jim wades back to the boat after a morning fishing.

Brown resting after a good fight through a rapid. We stopped at one fast flat and caught eight nice fish.

Nice fish

Jim and Nate shooting one rock rapid. I know someone who was caught on that one rock for four hours.

Nate taking a photo of Jim's fish.

Nice drift between two rocks. We caught one here




Deep in the Canyon. We lost two nice rainbows off this rock wall.

Does it get any more picturesque.