My first day back after having the baby and I was a little rough around the edges. Luckily, I had the company of two veryamiable fisherpeople, Will and Robyn. We were down below Big Timber and with all the cold weather and the rain we had a slow start. The two Brooklynites were new to fly fishing, but after some casting practice and a tutorial in how to play a fish we were off. The bite was slow in the morning and we switched to big Rubber legged nymphs. We had a bunch of chances early on, but the hook set was a little late. Finally, Robyn drew first blood with a little Rainbow. Robyn is a writer and has a foodie blog called NewYorkGrapevine. She is also working on a book about farmer's markets. I can't wait to read it.
Will started catching fish in the afternoon and although he broke off some nice fish he caught this great 18 incher in a mid river riffle. He heeded the lessons he learned from loosing earlier big fish and kept his rod tip high and had constant pressure on the fish and we landed it after a great fight.
I think he is hooked.
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