Time @ Tomahawk SWA 29Jul15

With the big waters still surging I stopped along the Middle Fk of So Platte in South Park at the Tomahawk SWA on my way to Summit. I arrived mid AM with a couple of folks in the parking areas. Flows were high but manageable at ~120cfs and the day was gorgeous. I was immediately into fish with a #18 caddis and green PT-like dropper. I didn't catch a thing on the dropper all day... all dries, all day, all water, all fun. Smallish caddis were all over my hat (retired the rasty olive one for a new brown wool - sweet). I switched to a double dry caddis rig with the top being larger foam body (to aid seeing) and the 2nd 30" dropped being dark-bodied with flash ~#20 Caddistastic. I was out there with my GLoomis 3 wt. and no net as I don't usually need it there. For the first time at Tomahawk I was into bigger fish, catching them along overhanging banks where the water was deep enough to hold them. The fights and landing on lighter gear was a blast. I caught a number of browns ~16" and some rainbows almost that size... and I caught a gaggle of smaller ones for the most productive outing this year. I also caught a hellacious allergic reaction to something growing in that area and am still working it out of my system - yech. I hope all your meetings went well. ;)