Ragin' Blue River Yields A Few With Daryle 02Sep14

Daryle and I took our AM leadership call and then convened strategy discussion on the drive up #6 and hike into the Jurassic period. It was a nice if not a bit windy afternoon but the flows were up (now I see ~620cfs vs 450cfs) since my last visit. Experienced fishermen we passed were having zero to modest luck on the river. Undeterred we pressed downstream till we could go no further at a fine but now unpassable turn in the river. Fishing was slow and while no rises were visible the only other fishermen we saw got a nice rainbow near them on a medium sized reddish mayfly. I tried for 30 min or so on something proximate but didn't have the same luck. We went back to fishing below the surface, and working our way back upstream but did zilch for another hour or more. I swam... grrr. Finally in a deep run I caught a couple of big healthy browns probably 19" or more. That did not start a torrent of catching but we did catch a number more browns in the 10"-14" range on black ice nymphs and rainbow warriors. As always a day on the river with DD was awesome and a smidge of solace for having missed planned days on the Arki with GL.